French prize launched for books co-written with AI

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA new French literature prize is open to books co-written with artificial intelligence, Euronews reports, and it launched while a novelist's AI scandal is still unresolved.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's called the Prix Pascal, and I'd call it the literary world finally being honest about its process.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEntrants send a manuscript of ten thousand to fifty thousand words, plus which AI model and which prompts they used.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTransparency. A confession with a word count.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLast month a Canadian publisher said it confirmed that the novelist Thelyson Orelien used AI, after weeks of denials, and he was ejected from the Goncourt shortlist.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHe told Libération he only used tools, the way you would for translating. So he was early.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe prize website says it is not a technology competition. It has no jury yet and no prize money declared, according to CP24.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNo judges, no money, and it says it isn't a technology competition. So it's purely about the art, Hank. And the deadline.