A popular academic journal is coming down hard on AI-generated submissions
ArXiv is implementing a one-year ban on authors who submit work that is clearly generated by AI. This decision comes in response to a significant increase in AI-generated submissions that often lack originality and quality. The journal emphasizes the responsibility of authors to ensure the integrity of their work when using generative AI tools.
- ▪ArXiv will issue one-year bans to authors submitting obviously AI-generated work.
- ▪Authors wishing to return must submit to a reputable peer-reviewed venue.
- ▪The journal faced an overwhelming volume of AI-generated submissions, leading to the shutdown of its computer science review section.
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Home > Life > Education A popular academic journal is coming down hard on AI-generated submissions ArXiv will be issuing one-year bans to authors caught submitting AI work. By Phil Clark on May 16, 2026 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Flipboard Credit: zf L / Getty Images We're still in the early stages of the AI revolution, but there's already plenty of evidence that it won't be purely a blessing. Generative AI has made writing exponentially faster, if not necessarily better, and the result has been a massive increase in submissions of novels, newspaper pieces, and even academic journals, with one publication even warning of a coming "swamp of slop." Now, however, the journals are fighting back.
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