Canadian publisher Boréal ends relationship with novelist Thélyson Orélien over alleged use of AI

What happened: Canadian publisher Les Éditions du Boréal ended its professional relationship with novelist Thélyson Orélien after an investigation found traces of AI tags in the metadata of drafts of his novel C'était ça ou mourir. Key numbers: The novel had been scheduled for translation in more than 20 countries. Why it matters: The book had been withdrawn from the Prix Goncourt list amid the allegations, and Boréal said it will likely never know the extent of AI's use in the writing. Orélien denies that any sentence was created by a machine.

Canadian publisher Les Éditions du Boréal ended its professional relationship with novelist Thélyson Orélien after an investigation found traces of AI tags in the metadata of drafts of his novel C'était ça ou mourir.

The book had been withdrawn from the Prix Goncourt list amid the allegations, and Boréal said it will likely never know the extent of AI's use in the writing. Orélien denies that any sentence was created by a machine.