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Novelist Thélyson Orélien rejects AI claims after bestseller pulled from French prize list

Thélyson Orélien, the Haitian-Canadian writer whose best-selling debut novel was pulled from the prestigious Goncourt prize list amid an AI uproar, said…

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France 24 reports: Thélyson Orélien, the Haitian-Canadian writer whose best-selling debut novel was pulled from the prestigious Goncourt prize list amid an AI uproar, said Tuesday "not a single sentence" had been written by a machine.

He did, however, admit to "unacceptable mistakes" regarding accusations of plagiarism involving earlier works.

This entertainment story centres on France. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include AI, Novelist Thélyson Orélien and French.

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France · Europe
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AI, Novelist Thélyson Orélien, French, Thélyson Orélien
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Entertainment

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