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Top Science Publisher Cracks Down on AI Misuse
10+ hour, 45+ min ago (661+ words) The pre-print website ar Xiv has announced that researchers who put their names to papers which included errors clearly generated by artificial intelligence (AI) will face a year-long ban and ongoing restrictions. The move is a response to a growing…...
ar Xiv Imposes One-Year Ban for Unchecked AI Submissions
6+ hour, 16+ min ago (837+ words) Per reporting by The Next Web and Ars Technica, the preprint server ar Xiv will ban authors for one year if moderators find "incontrovertible evidence" that a submitted paper contains unvetted large-language-model output, a policy described in a social-media thread…...
A key science publishing platform is cracking down on AI slop
7+ hour, 31+ min ago (716+ words) The pre-print website ar Xiv has announced that researchers who put their names to papers which included errors clearly generated by artificial intelligence (AI) will face a year-long ban and ongoing restrictions. The move is a response to a growing…...
Small group of scientists account for large number of retracted clinical trials
8+ hour, 13+ min ago (448+ words) A substantial number of retracted randomized clinical trials can be linked to a small group of scientists, results of a retrospective cohort study showed. Six “ super-retractors” have coauthored more than 20% of retracted randomized clinical trials. Additionally, a group…...
ar Xiv to Ban Authors for a Year Over Unchecked AI Use in Research Papers
18+ hour, 39+ min ago (423+ words) The new policy reinforces that authors remain fully responsible for the integrity of their work, even if parts of it were AI-generated. The scientific community is drawing sharper lines around accountability as the use of generative AI in science spikes....
ar Xiv: one-year ban for unchecked AI-generated content
19+ hour, 20+ min ago (111+ words) Science preprint server ar Xiv has warned authors that unchecked LLM output can trigger a one-year submission ban, citing hallucinated references and AI meta-comments. EY Canada has retracted a loyalty-programme study after researchers found AI hallucinations, fake footnotes and a…...
UC Irvine, USC receive $2. 6 million DARPA grant for AI to drive math breakthroughs
14+ hour, 56+ min ago (175+ words) Work will fill critical gap in how AI is applied to unsolved mathematical problems Irvine, Calif. , May 18, 2025 " University of California, Irvine and University of Southern California researchers have received a $2. 6 million, three-year grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency…...
Ar Xiv Introduces One-Strike Ban for Researchers Who Submit Unchecked AI-Generated Content
23+ hour, 12+ min ago (194+ words) Ar Xiv, the preprint repository widely used across computer science and mathematics, is tightening its rules on AI-generated research papers, introducing a one-year ban for authors who submit work containing clear evidence that AI outputs were not verified before submission....
DOAJ partnership aims to elevate Chinese OA journals globally
18+ hour, 30+ min ago (261+ words) Research Information Directory of Open Access Journals and Society of China University Journals have announced a new partnership aimed at increasing the visibility and discoverability of high-quality Chinese open access journals both within China and internationally. As part of the…...
Ar Xiv Enforces Stricter Rules On AI-Generated Research, Threatens One-Year Ban For Violations
20+ hour, 5+ min ago (355+ words) Published: May 18, 2026 at 5: 14 PM IST Hyderabad: Ar Xiv, one of the world's most widely used open-access repositories for scientific preprints, is tightening its submission policies against the careless use of artificial intelligence (AI). The platform warns that authors who fail…...