ICML 2026 Rejects Papers of Reviewers Who Used LLMs — Zero-Tolerance Policy Enforced
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ICML rejected all submitted papers authored by reviewers found to have used LLMs in their reviews, despite those reviewers selecting a no-LLM-review track. Multiple reports on X/Twitter confirm the enforcement. This establishes academic AI conferences as a hardening governance frontier: using AI coding tools to accelerate research workflows remains acceptable, but AI-assisted peer review is now treated as a breach equivalent to academic misconduct.