Last updated: 11 November 2026
This policy applies to authors, reviewers, Area Chairs and Program Chairs of the IJCAI Proceedings. Each year’s call for papers may add detailed rules, but may not relax this policy.
1. Authors
- Authorship: Generative AI models do not meet the criteria for authorship of papers published by IJCAI. AI tools must not be listed as an author or co-author, and AI systems cannot be cited as a source.
- Responsibility: Authors take full responsibility for all content of their paper, including text, figures and references, whether or not AI tools were used to polish it, and for checking it for plagiarism and correctness.
- Writing: Authors may use LLMs and other AI tools only to polish text they have written themselves, for example to correct grammar, spelling and style. AI tools must not be used to generate new content, such as text, ideas, arguments, analyses or references.
- Research outputs: Outputs of AI systems that are the subject of the research, or part of its method or experimental analysis, may be included when they are clearly labelled and described in the paper.
- Images and data: AI tools must not be used to create or alter images that represent primary observed or experimental data.
- Prompt injection: Hidden text or instructions aimed at automated reviewing tools are forbidden. Papers that contain them may be rejected, and further sanctions may be imposed under the Authors’ Code of Conduct.
2. Reviewers and Program Committee members
- Confidentiality: Reviewers must not upload a submission, its code, or any part of them to any generative AI tool, or share them with anyone outside the review process.
- Writing: Reviewers may use AI tools only to polish the wording of a review they have written themselves, provided no confidential material from the submission is included. AI tools must not be used to generate the content of a review, including a first draft.
- Responsibility: Reviewers are responsible for the quality and accuracy of their reviews, whatever tools they use. AI tools cannot replace a reviewer’s critical thinking or independent evaluation.
- Disclosure: Reviewers disclose any use of AI tools to the chairs.
- Breaches are handled under the Reviewers’ Code of Conduct.
3. Area Chairs and Program Chairs
- Chairs do not upload submissions to AI tools outside the official reviewing system. They may use private AI tools only to polish the wording of text they have written themselves, such as decision letters, and keep submissions confidential.
- Chairs remain fully responsible for the review process, the final decisions and how they are communicated to authors.
- IJCAI may use AI-based tools inside the submission system, for example to check formatting or similarity, provided confidentiality is maintained and all decisions are taken by people.
4. Breaches
Every allegation of plagiarism is investigated, whether or not an LLM was involved. Breaches of this policy are handled under the Authors’ and Reviewers’ Codes of Conduct.
