NeurIPS 2026 desks rejects 18% of position papers using AI detector
NeurIPS 2026’s Position Paper Track applied an AI‑detection system to enforce its new policy that papers be substantially human‑written. The detector led to the desk‑rejection of 178 submissions (18.4% of the track) and requests for proof of human involvement from another 123 papers, sparking community concerns about calibration and fairness.