Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper has sparked a social media storm after it accidentally published an internal ChatGPT prompt, in a hilarious Laden way possible.
The report, titled ‘Auto sales rev up in October,’ appeared in the business section of Dawn’s November 12, 2025, print edition.
“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?” the copy ended with this ChatGPT gibberish.
The sentence, believed to be generated by an AI assistant during the article’s drafting process, was mistakenly left in the final version that went to print.
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Founded by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in 1941, Dawn is one of South Asia’s oldest newspapers, almost as old as the Hindustan Times. The first issue was printed at Latifi Press in Delhi on October 12, 1942.
Netizens leave no chances mocking the Pakistani newspaper
Within hours, images of the page were being shared widely across social media, sending netizens into a spiral.
Like a Pakistani Reddit user who noticed the line wrote, “While reading Dawn newspaper of November 12, Wednesday, I came across an article in which I found use of ChatGPT. It is an embarrassment for print media and singularly for a newspaper like DAWN which has an excellent recognition.”
“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,” one user wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
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“Ha, ha, ha, what a joke. Pakistani journalism at its peak,” another wrote.
“As a 90s kid, I believe every line in Pakistani English newspaper is AI-generated except ‘Boys played well’,” one user mocked.
“Sahi toh hai... I mean.. Boys played well ,” another chimed in, quipping.
