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arXiv might not survive AI slop onslaught, warn mathematicians

5 October 2026

The preprint database arXiv has been forced to limit paper submissions to stem a vast and quickening flood of AI-generated papers. Academics tell New Scientist that the massive influx of AI-generated papers is threatening to overwhelm the database and render it useless.

ArXiv offers a place for academics to host papers that haven’t yet been peer-reviewed or published in reputable journals. This gives colleagues a chance to keep up to date with what’s ahead in fields as diverse as physics, astronomy and economics.

But AI’s dramatic growth in mathematical prowess and its ability to automatically generate papers at speed with minimal human effort mean that the arXiv website is being flooded with an increasing number of papers.

In September 2024, 20,569 papers were submitted to arXiv. The following September, that number had grown to 26,646. But in a dramatic surge, 40,363 papers were submitted in September 2026.

Aleksandr Logunov at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology warns that the problem is serious. “Right now, journals are flooded with submissions of AI articles,” he says.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/25 ... maticians/

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I've just been reading about "Index", by Figure.

The amount of robot training data they're capturing is insane...

https://www.figure.ai/index-app

You can see the number of videos ticking up in real-time (over 30 million so far).

[raklian]

I've just been reading about "Index", by Figure.

The amount of robot training data they're capturing is insane...

https://www.figure.ai/index-app

You can see the number of videos ticking up in real-time (over 30 million so far).

Yeah, this is a genius idea.

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