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Billionaire investor says he used AI towrite critique of former mentee Scott Bessent

Stanley Druckenmiller said he was ‘proud of using it’ as wider media grapples with parameters around AI use

Uwa Ede-Osifo26 Aug 2026, 12:38 amUpdated 2h ago1 min readAmericasUnited States

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Billionaire investor says he used AI to write critique of former mentee Scott Bessent

Stanley Druckenmiller said he was ‘proud of using it’ as wider media grapples with parameters around AI use

Stanley Druckenmiller, a billionaire investor, said he used artificial intelligence to pen his viral Wall Street Journal op-ed in which he sharply criticized the interference of Scott Bessent , the US treasury secretary, in the US bond market.

Many news outlets, including the Guardian, covered the editorial, highlighting Druckenmiller’s rebuke of his former mentee, Bessent. As the story circulated online, some readers questioned rhetorical choices that resembled AI-generated text.

Stanley Druckenmiller, a billionaire investor, said he used artificial intelligence to pen his viral Wall Street Journal op-ed in which he sharply criticized the interference of Scott Bessent , the US treasury secretary, in the US bond market.

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Source: The Guardian · Uwa Ede-Osifo. Published 26 Aug 2026, 12:38 am.

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