Goncourt drops novel over claims AI wrote it; author Orélien 'devastated'
The Goncourt Academy has removed Thélyson Orélien's novel "C'était ça ou mourir" from its first selection amid claims that it was written by AI. The book was published in Montreal in March and by Grasset in August, and has already won the Prix du Roman Fnac; the author has returned to Quebec "devastated".
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