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By Marieke Glorieux-Stryckman A Quebec publishing house is cutting ties with author Th\u00e9lyson Or\u00e9lien after saying it found evidence he used artificial intelligence to write his debut novel. Les \u00c9ditions du Bor\u00e9al said in a press release that analysis of some documents’ metadata indicated AI was used while writing the book. The publisher said it will not reprint the book or publish more books by Or\u00e9lien. Or\u00e9lien did not respond to The Canadian Press’ request for comment. The allegations of AI use in his book, “C\u2019\u00e9tait \u00e7a ou mourir” (“It was either that or dying”), emerged on social media in September. An account using the name \u201cBalance ton Claude\u201d alleged that, according to the Pangram software, excerpts of Or\u00e9lien\u2019s novel had been written \u201calmost entirely by artificial intelligence.\u201d The novel… <\/p>\n

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By Marieke Glorieux-Stryckman A Quebec publishing house is cutting ties with author Th\u00e9lyson Or\u00e9lien after saying it found evidence he used artificial intelligence to write his debut novel. Les \u00c9ditions du Bor\u00e9al said in a press release that analysis of some documents’ metadata indicated AI was used while writing the book. The publisher said it will not reprint the book or publish more books by Or\u00e9lien. Or\u00e9lien did not respond to The Canadian Press’ request for comment. The allegations of AI use in his book, “C\u2019\u00e9tait \u00e7a ou mourir” (“It was either that or dying”), emerged on social media in September. An account using the name \u201cBalance ton Claude\u201d alleged that, according to the Pangram software, excerpts of Or\u00e9lien\u2019s novel had been written \u201calmost entirely by artificial intelligence.\u201d The novel... <\/p>\n

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