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Acclaimed novel removed from France’s Goncourt prize over AI-writing claims
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Thélyson Orélien had been in the running to win a top literary prize before the AI claim emerged on social media
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 organisers of France’s most prestigious literary prize said they had removed a critically acclaimed novel by a Canadian-Haitian writer from the longlist after an anonymous online account claimed the book was “almost entirely” written by AI. The Académie Goncourt, a Paris-based literary organisation, said on Friday…