arXiv has become independent, marking the end of its 25-year hosting by Cornell. The holy land for AI papers has finally gone solo, backed by the Simons Foundation, making future fundraising and technical upgrades more flexible. Will this still be the starting point for GPTs and Claudes?

CoinWorld News: arXiv, the premier preprint server for AI papers, announced its independent operation, officially ending its 25-year hosting tenure at Cornell University and becoming an independent non-profit organization. Almost all world-changing AI breakthroughs (such as the core papers of GPT and Claude) are first posted on arXiv before formal publication. Since its inception in 1991, the platform has received an average of over 24k papers per month, with a total literature volume exceeding 3 million papers. This independence was completed with support from core funders such as the Simons Foundation and Cornell University. Going forward, it will be governed by a newly recruited independent CEO and an international board to accelerate comprehensive cloud migration and other technological upgrades, and to broaden global fundraising channels.