Dartmouth provost resigns after using AI to write column

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 29 Oct, 20:51 · Archive

Santiago Schnell, provost of Dartmouth College, has resigned after a faculty committee found he used artificial intelligence in his writing, including a Washington Post guest column on AI cheating. The announcement came on Wednesday, with President Sian Leah Beilock saying in a statement that keeping Dartmouth at the forefront of AI means 'leading through an environment that is fluid and fast-changing'. The president added that 'as leaders, it is so critical that we model the transparency and human judgment that we expect from our students and scholars'.

The discovery came after the news outlet Semafor ran guest columns published in major newspapers through an AI detector. Schnell's August column in the Washington Post, titled 'Universities are fighting AI cheating. But there's a deeper problem', was found to be entirely written by AI. Schnell had initially defended himself by saying he used ChatGPT to 'refine a few arguments' but that the column was based on his 'own thinking'. The college newspaper The Dartmouth subsequently ran other publications from Schnell through an AI detector.

Schnell referred questions to his attorneys, who did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The resignation comes as colleges across the country grapple with how to adapt teaching as more assignments can be completed with AI tools. Dartmouth promotes itself as the birthplace of AI, with the field said to have begun at the school in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1956.

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• Dartmouth provost resigns following accusations he used artificial intelligence for writingThe provost of Dartmouth College has resigned after a faculty committee found that he used artificial intelligence in his writing, including in a Washington Post guest column on AI cheating.Clickorlando · 29 Oct, 20:18
• Dartmouth provost resigns following accusations he used artificial intelligence for writingThe provost of Dartmouth College has resigned after a faculty committee found that he used artificial intelligence in his writing, including in a Washington Post guest column on AI cheating.News4Jax · 29 Oct, 20:18

In this story: Santiago Schnell · Dartmouth College · Sian Leah Beilock · Semafor · Washington Post · Hanover, New Hampshire

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