NeurIPS desk-rejected 178 papers using AI detector

The NeurIPS Position Paper Track used a proprietary AI detector, Pangram, to desk-reject 18.4% (178) of submissions without human review. Independent checks found the detector flagged track chairs’ own papers at 24–69%, initially labeled nearly half of submissions as 90–100% AI, and was later retuned to reduce the flag rate to 12.7%.

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