At least 50 hallucinated citations found in ICLR 2026 submissions

Re:At least 50 hallucinated citations found in ICLR 2026 sub... by withinboredom on Sunday December 07, 2025 @10:49AM (#46182557)

Have you ever followed citations before? In my experience, they don't support what is being citated, saying the opposite or not even related. It's probably only 60%-ish that actually cite something relevant.

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Re:At least 50 hallucinated citations found in ICLR 2026 sub... by WWWWH on Sunday December 07, 2025 @02:31PM (#46184339)

Well yes, but just because that’s bad doesn’t mean this isn’t far worse.

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Re:At least 50 hallucinated citations found in ICLR 2026 sub... by Aurornis on Monday December 08, 2025 @09:22AM (#46192533)

I follow them a lot. I’ve also had cases where they don’t support the paper.

This doesn’t make it okay. Bad human writer and reviewer practices are also bad.

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