CVPR rules vs. frontier models: must authors compare with a model released after submission?

Michael_J_Black · x · 2026-10-30

Michael Black highlights a policy gap in AI conference reviewing: CVPR 2026 guidelines state that failing to cite or beat an arXiv paper that appeared after submission should not be the sole grounds for rejection. But what if a large commercial or open-source model released post-submission might solve the problem—must authors rerun comparisons, and does skipping Astra justify rejection? Current rules say no for academic models but are silent on frontier models. He calls for clarifying the policy before CVPR 2027 reviewing begins.

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