EMNLP: All of the papers in my review pool being detected as AI [D]

Short summary

A researcher reports that all papers in their EMNLP review pool were flagged as AI-generated by Pangram with 100% confidence, despite coming from major labs. They question whether AI detection tools are reliable for academic peer review. Separately, they note that papers with legitimately hallucinated references were correctly identified and desk-rejected, suggesting research integrity enforcement is the real issue.

• •Pangram AI detection tool flagged legitimate academic papers as 100% AI-generated
• •Raises concerns about detection tool reliability in peer review decisions
• •Genuine research integrity issues (hallucinated references) are being correctly caught

Generated with AI, which can make mistakes.