Technology May 15, 2026 · 1 min read

ArXiv will ban researchers who upload papers full of AI slop

ArXiv, a popular platform for preprint academic research, is taking a new step to attempt to reduce the volume of papers that include AI slop. If a paper has "incontrovertible evidence that the authors did not check the results of LLM generation," such as hallucinated references or "meta-comments" l...

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by Jay Peters
ArXiv will ban researchers who upload papers full of AI slop
Pink slime in place of a brain.

ArXiv, a popular platform for preprint academic research, is taking a new step to attempt to reduce the volume of papers that include AI slop.

If a paper has "incontrovertible evidence that the authors did not check the results of LLM generation," such as hallucinated references or "meta-comments" left by an LLM, authors will be banned from ArXiv for a year, according to Thomas Dietterich, ArXiv's section chair of its computer science section. Future ArXiv submissions will also have to be accepted at "a reputable peer-reviewed venue."

Here's what he said on X:

Attention @arxiv authors: Our Code of Conduct states that by signing your name …

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