Researchers Call for Ban on Closed-Source AI in Academic Peer Review
alejandroll10 · x · 2026-08-08
Researchers are heavily criticizing academic journals for experimenting with closed-source AI tools in the peer-review process. They argue that using opaque software undermines trust in scientific evaluation, advocating strongly for fully open-source alternatives (weights, code, and data) to ensure credibility and reproducibility.
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