New prize launches for books co-written with AI
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

TL;DR
- A new prize, the Prix Pascal de Littérature IA, has launched for books co-written with AI.
- Manuscripts must be unpublished, between 10,000 and 50,000 words, and submitted in French.
- Entrants must provide details on the AI model and prompts used.
- Submissions should be fiction but must also aim to solve an ethical, social, or ecological problem.
- The prize was founded by technology entrepreneurs Philippe Rodriguez, Albin Serviant, and Gilles Mentré.
- Applications opened on Tuesday and close at the end of November, with the winner announced in early December.