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Sam Sacks @ssacks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here's the biggest accusation of AI writing in the literary world so far, a book that was likely to win the Prix Goncourt. The author has been disqualified due to separate cases of plagiarism, so the question of whether Pangram can be used as evidence remains open www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

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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

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Sam Sacks @ssacks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The novel was widely praised--here, critics from Le Masque et la Plume rave about it (though one does find the writing odd). I think this will eventually happen to all reviewers, a book we extol is shown to be AI-written. Where we go from there will be interesting. www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...

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"C'était ça ou mourir" : le premier roman de Thélyson Orélien conquiert Le Masque et la Plume

Dans le livre du poète et essayiste québécois d'origine haïtienne, on suit l'odyssée migratoire de Jonas Dorléon, professeur haïtien contraint de fuir Port-au-Prince. Un ouvrage qui fait l'unanimité –...

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