Dartmouth Provost Resigns After Review Finds Undisclosed AI Use

Dartmouth College Provost Santiago Schnell resigned Wednesday after a faculty-led committee found he used artificial intelligence in his writing without proper disclosure, President Sian Leah Beilock announced in an email to the campus. She said “this was his decision.” History professor Matthew Delmont will serve as interim provost through June 2028.

Beilock formed the committee Sept. 25 after news reports questioned his AI use, including an August Semafor article that named his Washington Post column. The committee’s Oct. 27 report said Schnell “used AI to meaningfully alter his writing,” violated at least one publication’s AI policy, was not forthcoming about it and fell short of Dartmouth’s ethics standards. It did not use AI-detection tools; it reviewed his logs from Dartmouth’s enterprise Claude tool and his emails. It recommended no disciplinary action.

The committee found problems in three of four pieces it examined, including a journal manuscript that required disclosure and the Washington Post column. It said he gave it his university laptop but not logs from personal AI accounts when asked. Schnell did not respond to a request for comment, NHPR reported.