51% of ICML 2026 Papers Survive Mass Reproduction, Revealing Credibility Gaps
Hugging Face’s open‑reproduction challenge reran claims from 2,200 ICML 2026 papers. Only 51% of the examined papers had at least one claim verified, with 266 fully reproduced and 632 partially reproduced. The results expose systematic reproducibility gaps and suggest that AI‑driven agents can both flood and audit research at scale.