AI does everything at scale, from DOS-attack-level web scraping to producing, or enabling, such vast volumes of scientific research submissions that the result is becoming both a logistical crisis and a crisis of quality, as the signal-to-noise ratio continues to become unnavigable. Last week, preprint server arXiv announced that it will be instituting a new rate-limiting policy for submitters, who will now be capped at two submissions per month. The measure has been taken, the announcement…