arXiv will now ban authors for a year if they submit low-quality AI-generated papers (opens in new tab)

arXiv has updated its code of conduct to confront the growing presence of low-quality, AI-generated submissions, commonly described as AI slop. This update, announced by Thomas G. Dietterich, chair of the computer science section, focuses on ensuring all authors take full responsibility for every aspect of their work, regardless of whether content is produced by artificial intelligence tools. Under the revised policy, if generative AI introduces plagiarized content, biased material, inaccurat...