I flagged two research papers for fake authors and both were accepted as orals
We reviewed 22 ML conference submissions this summer. Fifteen had fabricated citations, hallucinated authors, or clear LLM slop, so we complain about that a bit, and release the paper references audit we now run.
Summary
The review of 22 machine learning conference submissions revealed alarming issues, including fabricated citations and fictitious authors. The authors share their findings and introduce an audit process to address these problems in academic integrity.
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