ICLR AI-use statement touts "human-led co-editing with Claude Code" — watermark left intact

ziv_ravid · x · 2026-11-10

ICLR required an AI use statement on every paper this year. One standout declares the manuscript "underwent careful, human-led co-editing with Claude Code, meticulously preserving the voice of the human authors," with Codex and Claude Code assisting on framework, experiments, data cleaning, and drafting — and notes that text drafted with Claude Opus 5.5 carries an imperceptible statistical watermark (Anthropic, 2026b;a), "which we have left in place." Honesty bordering on performance art.

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