CultureWill AI write our books? Bestseller row fuels fears for literature’s future

France takes its literary prize season seriously, so accusations that Haitian-born Canadian writer Thélyson Orélien used AI in his bestselling breakout novel quickly became heated. The dispute has brought further allegations of racism, scrutiny of the author’s earlier plagiarism and questions about the accuracy of AI-checking tool Pangram.

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