New author response policy

authors.md

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 A submission may be **desk rejected** if the topic or style of contribution is not suited to ARR, or for a technical violation of the submission requirements—e.g., accidentally revealing the authors' identities, exceeding the page limit, or otherwise failing to adhere to the style guidelines. Desk rejection can occur at any point in the review cycle. If a technical violation is discovered, the paper can be submitted afresh in the next review cycle (the desk-rejected version does not count as a prior submission).
 
-Once the main reviews are available you will receive the opportunity to submit an [**author response**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hPw4AVEWWL0SrHaqxiRcBO0pWCIWVrmWAYzeTwows4s/edit). The exact timing varies by cycle and is listed on [the dates and venues page](/dates). The intention of this is to clarify any misunderstandings or confusions on the part of the reviewers (not to reargue the case for your paper). There is no requirement to respond. Your response will immediately be visible to the reviewers, but they will not edit their reviews until after the author response period ends (i.e., there will be no back-and-forth conversation like in NeurIPS and ICLR). The meta-review will be written taking your response (if any) into account.
+Once the main reviews are available you will receive the opportunity to submit an [**author response**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hPw4AVEWWL0SrHaqxiRcBO0pWCIWVrmWAYzeTwows4s/edit). The exact timing varies by cycle and is listed on [the dates and venues page](/dates). The intention of this is to clarify any misunderstandings or confusions on the part of the reviewers (not to reargue the case for your paper). There is no requirement to respond. Your response will immediately be visible to the reviewers. In the October 2023 cycle, it will be possible to have a conversation with reviewers during this period (using the 'Official Comment' buttons). The structure for future cycles will be updated here once known.
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+The meta-review will be written taking your response (if any) into account.
 
 # Step 3: Receive reviews and choose next step {#step3}
 Once the final reviews (including the meta-review) are delivered, you will know how the paper has been evaluated. There will be at least 3 reviews and a meta-review. Each [review](/reviewform) will provide text and scores conveying the reviewer's impressions of the paper and suggestions for improvement. The [meta-review](/actioneditorform) will give an overall impression from the Action Editor's perspective and indicate whether the paper would benefit from revision or whether it might merit publication in its current form.