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ICLR guidelines on using LLMs for paper review questioned

A user on Reddit's r/MachineLearning subreddit is seeking clarification on whether the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) guidelines permit the submission of papers under review to large language model (LLM) chats. The user is concerned about potential policy violations, even though they intend to use LLMs primarily for prose improvement rather than substantive review. They are looking for guidance on whether this practice is allowed, as they believe an AI review could offer valuable insights. AI

IMPACT Clarifies potential policy gaps for researchers using LLMs in academic workflows.

RANK_REASON User query about policy interpretation regarding LLM use in academic peer review.

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ICLR guidelines on using LLMs for paper review questioned

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  1. r/MachineLearning TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/howtorewriteaname ·

    Do ICLR guidelines allow to upload papers under review to LLM chats? [D]

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I know AI use must be disclosed, and I'm fine with it. However, I'm being careful on not using LLMs to actually check my review (more than prose-wise) and see if it catches something important in the paper that I didn't spot. </p> <p>I'm doing th…