arXiv Is Rate Limiting Submissions Because It Can’t Keep up With AI Slop
The academic publisher said submissions have doubled in the past two years and moderators are having a hard time keeping up.
ArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year if They Submit AI Slop
The change comes as arXiv and others struggle to manage an influx of AI-generated materials masquerading as rigorous science.
Interesting Conferences in 2026
A Breakdown of arXiv Submissions in Mathematics
Guest post with Daniel Appelo (Virginia Tech)
elvis on Twitter / X
arXiv Papers → LLM ArtifactsThis is how I keep up with AI research now.It's like having access to the most personalized arXiv feed.Automations run everyday to curate papers based a set of rules and insights.Curated papers are indexed and power the artifacts.Agent… pic.twitter.com/5UCxF8ZsT0— elvis (@omarsar0) May 6, 2026
Mikel Artetxe on Twitter / X
3/4 papers I reviewed and 2/3 reviews I got this ARR cycle were AI slop. Fraudsters are already outnumbering honest researchers. Unless drastic measures are urgently adopted, conference publications will have zero value or even become negative signal, and academia will be toast.— Mikel Artetxe (@artetxem) September 19, 2026
AI maps science papers to predict research trends two to three years ahead
The number of scientific papers is growing so rapidly that scientists are no longer able to keep track of all of them, even in their own research area. Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ...
arXiv Changes Rules After Getting Spammed With AI-Generated 'Research' Papers
Cornell University’s arXiv will no longer accept Computer Science reviews and position papers.
Maksym Andriushchenko on Twitter / X
many people seem to be upset by >50k submissions to ICLR. i think we should celebrate it! more people are doing AI (including AI safety) research - isn't it amazing?as for how to navigate the growing amount of papers, luckily, Larry Wasserman formulated a solution back in 2012! pic.twitter.com/U85FGshTqw— Maksym Andriushchenko (@maksym_andr) September 20, 2026
March 2026 event extravaganza
Get ready for our busiest month so far! From our regular meetups to world class conferences, this March we have at least ten (10!) DWebYVR and adjacent events going on.
Optimistic Provide: How We Made IPFS Content Publishing 10x Faster
How a statistical approach cut IPFS content publishing times by over one order of magnitude.
More than 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023 — a new record
The number of articles being retracted rose sharply this year. Integrity experts say that this is only the tip of the iceberg.
wow — the preprint host, arxiv, is banning authors for a year if they submit papers with hallucinated citations 🤖
Helen Branswell 🇨🇦
I find this unsettling: A new study in #Lancet shows that the number of faux citations in scientific articles is on the rise, and #AI is likely to blame. @aniloza.bsky.social reports. statnews.com/2026/05/07/lancet-study-finds…
wow — the preprint host, arxiv, is banning authors for a year if they submit papers with hallucinated citations 🤖
Helen Branswell 🇨🇦
I find this unsettling: A new study in #Lancet shows that the number of faux citations in scientific articles is on the rise, and #AI is likely to blame. @aniloza.bsky.social reports. statnews.com/2026/05/07/lancet-study-finds…
