Mistrust

Another shoe has dropped. Canadian-Haitian author Thélyson Orélien is accused of using Artificial Intelligence in early versions of the manuscript of his prize-winning novel C’était ça ou mourir, (It was either that or die). Montreal publisher, Les Éditions du Boréal, has been working with the author to deal with the accusation of AI use which was raised on September 21st in an anonymous post on the site Balance ton Claude. The publisher’s statement, issued on October 21st, announces the conclusion of their professional relationship with their author: “New information, confirmed in recent days, indicates that artificial intelligence was used in the writing process of C’était ça ou mourir, despite the author’s repeated assurances that he never had recourse to it in the creation of his novel. Consequently, Boréal will not reprint the novel and will not publish any other books by Thélyson Orélien.” The publishers note that they “gathered all the working drafts of the novel and…