hallucinated references will land you a 1-year ban from arxiv now. wow

arXiv has implemented a new policy imposing a 1-year ban on users who submit papers containing hallucinated or fabricated references, reflecting concerns about AI-generated content and citation integrity in academic publishing. This policy represents arXiv's effort to maintain the credibility of preprint submissions as AI tools become more prevalent in research writing.

Source: Jeremy Howard (X) | 2026-05-14