# Dartmouth provost Santiago Schnell resigns after AI use in guest columns is reported

> Original title: My reporting prompted Dartmouth provost to resign. It wasn't the right call

- Source: Semafor · Technology
- Published: 2026-10-30T17:35:07.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/p5tuys77nmn3g6mhk69lr5mp4
- Original: https://www.semafor.com/article/10/30/2026/dartmouth-made-a-bad-call-on-provosts-ai-use

## Summary

Dartmouth Provost Santiago Schnell resigned after Semafor's reporting found AI-generated text in his guest column, one of 50 such columns in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post over one month. Schnell told The Dartmouth that he developed the ideas, conducted the research and decided the final text, and the author argues that a forced resignation over undisclosed AI use is the wrong response.