How to get your paper accepted by an AI reviewer: indirect prompt injection in peer review

This study introduces the Author-Reviewer-Organizer (ARO) framework and presents a large-scale empirical assessment of indirect prompt injection in AI-assisted peer review, finding that hidden instructions are followed in 78% of cases for ChatGPT and 86% for Gemini.

January 2026 · F. Torrielli, S. Locci, A. Rapp, L. Di Caro