NeurIPS 2025: Over 100 fake citations slip past peer review as submissions explode
GPTZero analyzed NeurIPS 2025 papers and found at least 100 fabricated citations across 51 papers that passed peer review, amid a 220% surge in submissions since 2020. The report details fake DOIs and author names, describes 'Vibe Citing' patterns, and notes that NeurIPS and ICLR consider hallucinated citations grounds for rejection or retraction, underscoring reviewer overload and the urgent need for stronger citation verification and fact-checking in AI research.