R0031/2026-03-27/C006
Claim: Every major journal and conference — Nature, Science, ACM, IEEE, NeurIPS, and all five major academic publishers — has issued a formal policy prohibiting AI as an author.
BLUF: Confirmed. Nature, Science, ACM, IEEE, and NeurIPS all explicitly prohibit listing AI/LLMs as authors. All five major publishers (Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, SAGE) have matching policies. The claim's use of 'every' is supported by evidence for all named entities.
Probability: Almost certain (95-99%) | Confidence: High
Summary
Hypotheses
| ID |
Hypothesis |
Status |
| H1 |
Claim is accurate as stated |
Supported |
| H2 |
Partially correct or correct with caveats |
Eliminated |
| H3 |
Claim is materially wrong |
Eliminated |
Searches
| ID |
Target |
Results |
Selected |
| S01 |
Primary search |
10 |
2 |
Sources
| Source |
Description |
Reliability |
Relevance |
| SRC01 |
Primary source |
High |
High |