AI-Generated Papers in the NeurIPS 2026 Position Paper Track

Summary

Official NeurIPS 2026 report on running an AI-writing detector (Pangram) across 971 position-paper submissions: 28.2% flagged as substantially AI-written at default settings (12.7% under a stricter window analysis), against ~1% at FAccT 2025. 178 submissions (18.4%) desk-rejected without appeal and 123 conditionally rejected. The most concrete venue-level enforcement datapoint on machine-written submissions.

Contribution

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Method

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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: NeurIPS blog post opened 2026-08-29 (title, 5 track chairs, dated 2026-06-02, statistics read)

Critique / open questions

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