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Quebec Author Admits Past Plagiarism, Denies AI Use in Novel

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Quebec author Thélyson Orélien is admitting he plagiarized other writers in his earlier work, but maintains he didn't use artificial intelligence to write his acclaimed novel. In a statement released by his publisher, Éditions du Boréal, Orélien apologized for making what he described as unacceptable mistakes in his youth. He also rejected allegations that his novel, C’était ça ou mourir, was written using AI. Orélien says he began writing the n…

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The writer expresses himself for the first time since the accusations of using the AI. He denies having used artificial intelligence, but recognizes plagiarisms, for which he apologizes.The Canadian-Haitian writer Thélyson Orélien came out of his silence on Tuesday stating that "no sentence" of his novel had been "created" by the AI, as he has been accused for three weeks, while presenting his "apologies" for plagiarisms for which he recognizes …

·Geneva, Switzerland
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PARIS (ANP/AFP) - The Haitian-Canadian writer Thélyson Orélien denies using AI to write his bestselling novel C'était ça ou mourir (Dutch title: It Was Flee or Die). He was accused last month of using AI, after which his nomination for...

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In a text transmitted to the AFP, entitled "This novel that I wrote", the 38-year-old author reacts for the first time in detail to the accusations launched on September 21 by the account on X "Balance Ton Claude", of massive recourse to the generative artificial intelligence to write "It was that or to die" (Grasset), one of the best-sellers of the literary re-entry in France. "It is said that +C的was that or to die+ was written by an artificial…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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The Canadian-Haitian writer Thélyson Orélien denied on Tuesday that he had used the AIA for his novel "It Was That or Die," while admitting past plagiarisms.

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Thélyson Orélien admits, however, that he "committed unacceptable errors" by plagiarizing texts from recognized authors ...

·Brussels, Belgium
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La Presse broke the news in Montreal, Canada on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
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