ICML 2026 LLM Policy for Reviewing (Introduction to the ICML 2026 LLM Policy)

Summary

ICML 2026's dual-policy mechanism is a genuine institutional innovation: authors declare whether their submission requires Policy A (LLM reviewing strictly prohibited) or permits Policy B (LLMs may be used to understand the paper and polish prose, but never to produce strengths/weaknesses, key points, outlines or the review itself), reviewers declare which policy they follow, and the system matches them. Reviewers remain fully responsible for review content under both. A concrete, citable design for consent-based governance of AI in peer review.

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Relevance to RISE

Surfaced by the 2026-08-29 literature sweep as a high-priority candidate for the RISE knowledge base (angle: AI in peer review). Verified against: ICML 2026 policy page opened 2026-08-29 (both policies, author/reviewer declaration and matching mechanism, chairs and posting date read)

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