'Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers

Researchers at 14 universities across eight countries embedded hidden AI prompts in academic preprints on arXiv directing AI reviewers to provide positive evaluations, using concealment techniques like white text and tiny fonts. While some researchers justified these prompts as a counter-measure against lazy peer reviewers using AI, major conferences prohibit AI in peer review and institutions like KAIST have condemned the practice as inappropriate. The incident underscores the broader gap between rapid AI adoption across academic publishing and the lack of unified governance rules or adequate awareness of AI manipulation risks.

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