The Uncited Assistant

You are a department chair. A senior faculty member has recently published a peer-reviewed paper that, a graduate student in your department has noticed, contains substantial passages of text that pattern-match strongly to AI generation — particularly in the methods and discussion sections. The faculty member did not disclose AI use. The graduate student brought this to you privately, anxious. Norms around AI disclosure in your field are evolving. There is no clear journal policy. The graduate student does not yet have tenure-track standing of her own.