AI authorship scandal triggers literary trust crisis

At the Frankfurt Book Fair, debate focused on how AI will transform publishing and how to regulate it. Haitian-Canadian author Thelyson Orelien's debut, after selling rights in over 20 languages and making the Prix Goncourt longlist, was alleged to be almost entirely AI-written; he denies it and his nomination was withdrawn. Experts say text origins will become uncertain and we must learn to live with doubt.

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