{
  "id": 13532814,
  "title": "Weekend reads: OpenAI’s preprint dump; Taylor & Francis to leave Informa; arXiv’s preprint cap",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/weekend-reads-openais-preprint-dump-taylor-francis-to-leave-informa",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-10T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Retraction Watch",
    "slug": "retraction-watch",
    "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/10/10/weekend-reads-openais-preprint-dump-taylor-francis-to-leave-informa-arxivs-preprint-cap/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "This collection of stories covers various developments in the world of scientific publishing. A salient point is OpenAI's recent withdrawal of three preprints a day after releasing 722 manuscripts on unsolved math problems. The journal IOP has also retracted nearly 100 conference papers due to the use of \"tortured phrases.\" Meanwhile, arXiv implemented a preprint submission cap, sparking mixed reactions.",
  "summary": "If your week flew by — we know ours did — catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch featured: In case you missed the news, the Hijacked Journal Checker now has more than 450 entries. The Retraction Watch Database has over 67,000 retractions. Our list of COVID-19 retractions … Continue reading Weekend reads: OpenAI’s preprint dump; Taylor & Francis to leave…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}