ML Systems publishes writing about ML systems from a community of engineers, researchers, and students. This policy explains what we publish, the standards we hold it to, who owns it, and how to ask us to correct or remove something.
Editorial standards
We aim for content that is accurate, original, and genuinely useful to people building ML systems. Contributors are expected to:
- Write from real understanding — explain, don't just assert.
- Get the technical details right, and correct them when they're shown to be wrong.
- Cite sources: link papers, prior work, benchmarks, and code you build on.
- Make claims you can stand behind. Benchmarks should say how they were measured.
Attribution & credit
Give credit where it's due. Quote sparingly and with a link, acknowledge collaborators, and never present someone else's work — text, code, figures, or ideas — as your own. Diagrams and images must be your own, properly licensed, or used with permission and credited.
AI-assisted content
Using AI tools to draft, edit, or generate figures is fine — but the human author is fully responsible for what's published. That means every claim is verified, sources are real (not hallucinated), and the piece reflects genuine understanding rather than unchecked model output. Content that is mass-generated, misleading, or unverified will be removed.
Intellectual property
Everything here — posts, learning materials, diagrams, images, and code — is © its respective author, and contributors retain copyright on their own work. You're welcome to read, link, cite, and quote briefly with attribution; republishing full posts, commercial use, or derivative works need the author's permission. See the LICENSE for full terms.
Not allowed
- Plagiarism or uncredited use of others' work
- Spam, or promotional content disguised as a contribution
- Malware, exploits shared to cause harm, or instructions intended for abuse
- Publishing others' private information without consent
- Harassment, hate speech, or discriminatory content
- Anything unlawful, or content you don't have the right to publish
Community conduct
Discussion should be kind, patient, and about ideas rather than people. Beginner questions are welcome — they're how the field grows. The full expectations live in our Code of Conduct, which applies across the repository, this site, and all community spaces.
Corrections & removal
We respect creators' rights and want to get things right. If you find anything on ML Systemsthat infringes your copyright, was published without proper credit, contains an error, or that you believe should be removed for any reason, tell us. We review every request and will correct, re-attribute, or take the material down promptly where warranted.
Enforcement
Maintainers may edit, unpublish, or remove content, and restrict accounts, to uphold this policy. Where a fix preserves the work's value — a correction or added credit — we'll prefer that over removal.
We may update this page as the site grows; material changes are reflected in the date above.