Preprint

A preprint is a version of a scientific paper that authors post online, on servers such as arXiv, bioRxiv, or medRxiv, before or while it goes through peer review. Much AI research appears first, and sometimes only, as a preprint.

Preprints make results available quickly, but they have not been checked by independent experts through a journal's process. Some are later published with changes; some are never published.

A preprint is not a confirmed finding. Stories should say when research is a preprint, and a company's technical report posted to a preprint server is still the company's own account.