By Vitomir Kovanovic
Publication Date: 2026-05-18 20:08:00
Pre-print website arXiv has announced that researchers who publish their names in papers that clearly contain errors created by artificial intelligence (AI) will face a year-long ban and ongoing restrictions.
The move is a response to the growing influx of AI-generated articles facing academic journals and websites like arXiv, which serve as unofficial platforms for research publications prior to peer review.
However, not everyone agrees that arXiv’s answer to the problem is adequate – and the solution to the flood of AI flop research may require more AI, not less.
The rise of bot-assisted writing
AI-generated texts are on the rise everywhere. A study published last week suggests that half of new articles published online are now “mainly AI generated.”
Science is not immune to this trend. Last month, the journal Organization Science published a study on how the rise of AI has affected submissions and peer reviews since ChatGPT’s release in 2022….
