New Pascal Prize launched for AI-assisted books amid Goncourt scandal

A new literary prize, the Pascal Prize, has been created to reward books co-written with AI, with registrations opening November 2. This follows the withdrawal of Thélyson Orélien's book from the Goncourt Academy due to plagiarism and AI-use suspicions. The development signals a formalization of AI's role in creative writing, potentially reshaping literary norms and intellectual property debates.