Thélyson Orélien, the debut writer of the Fnac-winning, Prix Goncourt-nominated novel It Was Either That or Die, who is at the center of the latest AI controversy, is now also accused of plagiarism in multiple works published before the advent of generative AI. The controversy began when an anonymous X account called Balance ton Claude accused Orélien of AI use, writing that “according to Pangram, this novel was written almost entirely by artificial intelligence.” Rights to the book have sold in 20 countries, including to Scribner in the US. Orélien and his publisher Éditions Grasset denied the the claims. Orélien, […]
