An Investigation of the NeurIPS and ICML 2025 Position Tracks

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arXiv:2608.16894v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: ML venues shape what kinds of research claims become legible to reviewers and what forms of evidence count as rigorous. The NeurIPS and ICML Position Paper Tracks were created for agenda-setting work, making their early composition worth auditing. \textbf{This paper argues that the publicly accessible 2025 reviewed pool is dominated by reformist critique, and that the track should explicitly solicit direction-setting work alongside, not in place