[oneeyedpigeon]

> I'ts an open secret that even the larger news outlets mandate LLM use.

Given the context, if you didn't intend for this to imply that Ars mandates LLM use, you should probably rewrite it.

[amatecha]

I definitely interpreted his original post as suggesting that Ars also mandates LLM use, even if the words didn't say that explicitly. "even the larger news outlets" implies "in addition to the one we're already talking about"