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Uproar in France over award-winning author accused of using AI

36 points · 87 comments · harscoat

  1. breuleux · · focus · HN ↗
    To give a bit more information:

    * Media ran the entire novel through Pangram and got a 94% AI score [1], whereas all other Goncourt finalists, Haitian/African novels and French classics they tested came out as 100% human. I recall they also tested works specifically from before and after the AI boom and found a shift, but I don't remember where I saw that.

    * People on social media, as well as traditional media, have then found cases of blatant plagiarism in Orelien's work a decade ago (this includes one prized short story and several posts to blogs and media) [2]

    I think we have to be careful not to assume that tools like Pangram are completely accurate and the word of God, but we can't dismiss them outright, and this particular author's history of plagiarism makes it much harder to give him the benefit of doubt.

    [1] (French) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ici.radio-canada.ca&#x2F;rci&#x2F;fr&#x2F;nouvelle&#x2F;2286476&#x2F;thelyson-orelien-pangram-test-roman-ia" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ici.radio-canada.ca&#x2F;rci&#x2F;fr&#x2F;nouvelle&#x2F;2286476&#x2F;thelyson...

    [2] (French) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lapresse.ca&#x2F;arts&#x2F;litterature&#x2F;2026-09-23&#x2F;thelyson-orelien-rattrape-par-un-passe-de-plagiaire.php" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lapresse.ca&#x2F;arts&#x2F;litterature&#x2F;2026-09-23&#x2F;thelyson...

    1. brookst · · focus · HN ↗
      Wouldn’t the French classics have been part of pangram’s training set? That doesn’t seem like strong evidence at all.
      1. cryptonym · · focus · HN ↗
        &gt; all other Goncourt finalists
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