France’s Goncourt prize drops a novel over claims AI wrote it
28-09-2026 14:22 via thenextweb.com

France’s Goncourt prize drops a novel over claims AI wrote it

The Académie Goncourt has dropped Thélyson Orélien’s novel C’était ça ou mourir from the first selection for France’s top literary prize. In a statement on Friday, the academy cited plagiarism by the author and analyses showing that AI had most likely written most of the book. Orélien denies using AI, Philip Oltermann reported for the […]
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