Culture · Episode 4 · 15 October 2026
Novelist denies AI wrote his book
Haitian-Canadian novelist Thélyson Orélien denies using AI to write his hit debut novel, dropped from a French prize list.
What Robyn said
Robyn, anchorHaitian-born novelist Thélyson Orélien says not one sentence of his debut novel came from AI.
Robyn, reporterFrance's top literary prize, the Goncourt, dropped it in September over suspected AI and plagiarism.
Robyn, reporterAn anonymous account had called it AI-written, using a detector called Pangram.
Robyn, reporterHe told AFP, the French news agency, it's slander, and dates his draft to 2019.
Robyn, reporterAFP's own detector tests ranged from very likely human to fully AI.
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