Academic Journals' Ban on AI for Peer Review Slammed as Unenforceable
paulnovosad · x · 2026-08-13
A recent policy by academic journals forbidding the upload of manuscripts under review to AI tools has drawn criticism from researchers.
Critics point out that the policy's premise—that manuscripts under review are confidential—is ridiculous in fields where working papers are already public. Furthermore, instructing reviewers "don't upload to an AI" is completely unenforceable in practice.
Responding to this, another scholar commented that regardless of the written rules, the de facto policy for both authors and reviewers has effectively become a "Don't ask, Don't tell" approach.
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