Santiago Schnell has resigned as provost of Dartmouth College after a university committee found that he violated the school's policy on artificial intelligence use, according to The Hill. The Hill said the university announced the resignation on Wednesday, after the committee released the results of an investigation it had opened in September.
According to The Hill, the committee's finding was that the provost "used AI to meaningfully alter his writing" in violation of the policy. The excerpt available for this report ends mid-sentence, so the rest of the finding could not be confirmed.
ABC News reported separately that a faculty committee found Schnell had used artificial intelligence in his writing, including in a Washington Post guest column on AI cheating. That report said he resigned after the committee's finding.
The two accounts differ on which body conducted the review. The Hill described a university committee, while ABC News described a faculty committee. The Hill's summary places the opening of the investigation in September, a timing the ABC News summary does not give.
Only the ABC News summary ties the finding to the Washington Post column, and The Hill's summary does not mention that column. Neither excerpt says what, if anything, will follow the resignation or who will serve as provost in his place.
Sources: The Hill: Dartmouth official resigns over AI use; ABC News: Dartmouth provost resigns following accusations he used artificial intelligence for writing.