Digital age embarrassment for Pakistan as newspaper prints ChatGPT note!

Pakistan’s flagship English newspaper, Dawn, launched by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in 1941, found itself in a digital‑age embarrassment when an AI‑generated prompt from ChatGPT slipped into the Business section and was actually printed.

In a story about the recent surge in auto sales, the editorial team apparently pasted a ChatGPT note instead of a regular paragraph — “If you want, I can also create an even snappier ‘front‑page style’ version with punchy one‑line stats and a bold, infographic‑ready layout — perfect for maximum reader impact. Do you want me to do that next?”

Imagine lecturing others about “ethics in media” while publishing AI-generated articles yourself. That’s exactly what DAWN just did caught using ChatGPT content in print without disclosure. The mask has slipped, and the hypocrisy is showing.#DawnGPT pic.twitter.com/Z7GmCpArHw

— Areesha🥀 (@ufff_areesha) November 12, 2025

Chat GPT can help design pages, give snappy headlines and also eat up jobs of the desk hands who use it.

This is from Pak newspaper Dawn. pic.twitter.com/nNfzGHbxfG

— Man Aman Singh Chhina (@manaman_chhina) November 12, 2025

The post spread like wildfire.

Netizens react:

“My man had one job, must be looking for a new one now,” a user wrote, another commented, “Fact of the matter is somebody actually read that!”

A third reacted, “Imagine lecturing others about ‘ethics in media’ while publishing AI‑generated articles yourself. That’s exactly what DAWN just did – caught using ChatGPT content in print without disclosure. The mask has slipped, and the hypocrisy is showing.”

Dawn’s response:

Accepting the violation of their policy, Dawn, in an official statement, apologised for the use of AI and also said that an investigation into the matter is underway.