Quebec publisher halts promotion of book in AI controversy amid new allegations

A Quebec author who earlier this week was accused of using artificial intelligence to write an award-winning novel is now facing a new set of allegations regarding the originality of his previous work. A La Presse report published Wednesday alleges that some articles attributed to Thélyson Orélien and published in Quebec and French media between 2012 and 2014 included passages that were also found in previously published work by other authors. The La Presse article said the newspaper used the U.S.-based Pangram software that flagged the apparent similarities. The Canadian Press has not independently verified the allegations reported by La Presse. They come days after Orélien was accused of using generative AI to write his novel, “C’était ça ou mourir,” which translates to “It was either that or dying’.’ Orélien…

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