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France’s top literary prize drops a bestselling novel after author is accused of using AI
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Celebrated Haitian-Canadian author Thélyson Orélien rejects claims that artificial intelligence helped write his bestselling novel as the debate over AI’s place in literature intensifies.
The turmoil around the book this week underlines the challenge of detecting artificial intelligence, as well as the disruption the technology is causing in the creative industries from music to design and literature.
An AI detector, an anonymous accuser and a bestselling debut: what we know about the claims against Thélyson Orélien, and why the detectors can't agree.