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Public story · 2026-03-18 · source-backed
ICML embedded hidden LLM instructions in submitted PDFs to detect reviewers piping papers through AI despite opting into the no-LLM review track. 51 reviewers had contamination in more than half their reviews and had all submissions stripped. First large-scale academic enforcement using a technical countermeasure rather than honor-system detection. ICML Blog
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