Who Is Reviewing the Latest AI Research? It’s AI, Apparently

The world’s largest machine-learning and AI conference has been flooded with examples of academics using AI-generated content for their peer reviews, while many papers submitted were also partially—or even fully—AI-generated, Nature reports.

In academia, work published in reputable journals or presented at major conferences is typically “peer reviewed,” meaning scholars in the same field assess the paper for quality and rigor. But in the run-up to the 2026 International…