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New prize launches for books co-written with AI

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Published 21 Oct 2026, 15:59 BST1 min read

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After months of controversy over the possible use of AI by winners of prestigious awards, the Prix Pascal de Littérature IA is rewarding fiction written with the help of LLMs

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