Quebec publisher Les Éditions du Boréal has dropped Canada-based author Thélyson Orélien after finding evidence of AI use in early versions of the manuscript of his prize-winning novel IT WAS EITHER THAT OR DIE. AI accusations first emerged in September on an anonymous X account. Orélien has continued to deny using AI to generate the manuscript, but on Wednesday, the publisher said in a statement: “New information, confirmed in recent days, indicates that artificial intelligence was used in the writing process of * C’était ça ou mourir* (It Was That or Die ), despite the author’s repeated assurances that he […]
