“New information confirmed in recent days indicates that artificial intelligence was used during the writing process,” publisher Boreal said in a statement. “The professional relationship has now ended,” it added.
Thélyson Orélien spoke out last week and denied using AI to write the French-language novel “C'était ça ou mourir,” but admitted that he had made a “mistake” regarding plagiarism.
At the end of September, he lost his nomination for the prestigious French Goncourt Prize after the AI accusations spread from social media to cultural websites.