Dartmouth Provost Santiago Schnell Resigns After Review of Undisclosed AI Use
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Dartmouth College Provost Santiago Schnell resigned and is leaving the university after an independent faculty-led review found that he used artificial intelligence to substantially alter published writing without adequate disclosure.
The committee, organized by Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock, concluded that Schnell violated at least one publication’s AI-use or disclosure rules and failed to disclose his AI use under a national newspaper’s policy. It also found that he was not forthcoming about the practice and fell short of Dartmouth’s ethical, academic honor and professional standards.
The review examined Schnell’s articles, publisher policies, communications and records from his Claude account rather than relying on AI-detection tools. According to the committee’s report, Schnell provided his Dartmouth-issued laptop but did not supply requested logs from personal large-language-model accounts or make himself available at the requested time to discuss his use of AI.
The controversy began after Semafor reported in August that an AI detector had flagged much of a Washington Post opinion article by Schnell. The Dartmouth student newspaper later reported similar results from an analysis of nine professional publications. Schnell acknowledged using AI for writing assistance but maintained that it did not replace his research, authorship or intellectual judgment.
Beilock said senior leaders must meet the highest standards. Schnell’s departure came before a planned faculty no-confidence vote. History professor Matthew Delmont will serve as interim provost through June 2028.
HOW THIS STORY WAS MADE
Written from 8 articles, 1 with the publisher's own text; 7 independent newsrooms once syndicated copies count as one; this version written 18 h after the record first saw the story; the editor kept it as written.
- Publishers
- 18
- Source articles
- 21
- Given to the writer
- 8, 1 with the article's own text
- Independent newsrooms
- 7
- This version written
- 18 h after the record first saw the story
- Second model (editor)
- kept as written
- Publication gate
- passed
- Human review
- none
WHAT THE EDITOR DID
The second model checked the writer's draft against the same sources and published it as written.
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