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New French literary prize launches for AI-co-written books

A new literary prize, the Prix Pascal de Littérature IA, has been established to recognize books co-written with artificial intelligence tools. The prize, named after the French polymath Blaise Pascal, encourages submissions of unpublished French-language manuscripts between 10,000 and 50,000 words, detailing the AI models and prompts used. This initiative emerges amidst ongoing debates about AI's role in creative writing and literary competitions. AI

IMPACT This prize may encourage more creative works co-authored with AI and spark further debate on AI's role in literature.

RANK_REASON The item describes the launch of a new prize for AI-co-written books, which is a product/service in the creative industry, not a frontier model release, significant industry move, or academic research.

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  1. The Guardian — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Ella Creamer ·

    New prize launches for books co-written with AI

    <p>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 language models</p><p>A prize for AI-written books has launched this week.</p><p>The Prix Pascal de Littéra…