NeurIPS 2026 AC: 5 out of 8 Papers Contain Hallucinated Citations
danish037 · x · 2026-08-18
An Area Chair (AC) for NeurIPS 2026 revealed that among their assigned submissions, 5 out of 8 papers contained two or more hallucinated references and are likely to be desk rejected.
Citations are relatively easy to verify, making hallucinations easy to catch. The AC noted that if references are full of hallucinations, it's hard to trust the quality of the rest of the content. This highlights a pervasive issue in academia regarding the use of AI in writing assistance.
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