Novelist accused of using AI to write book removed from French prize list

The author Thélyson Orélien, whose book, C’était ça ou mourir, has sold about 35,000 copies./Getty Images The author Thélyson Orélien, whose book, C’était ça ou mourir, has sold about 35,000 copies./Getty Images Prix Goncourt Novelist accused of using AI to write book removed from French prize list Thélyson Orélien had been in the running to win a top literary prize before the AI claim emerged on social media

Prefer the Guardian on Google 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.