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  "id": 14257748,
  "title": "Haitian-Canadian novelist denies using AI for breakthrough debut novel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/haitian-canadian-novelist-denies-using-ai-for-breakthrough-debut-novel",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-13T18:04:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/haitian-canadian-novelist-denies-using-ai-for-breakthrough-debut-novel/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A top-selling Haitian-Canadian writer who was accused of using artificial intelligence to write his breakthrough debut novel denied the allegations Tuesday in his first detailed response to the scandal, while acknowledging past plagiarism “mistakes.” Thelyson Orelien, 38, was accused of using AI to write his French-language novel about migration “C’etait ca ou mourir” (“It Was Read More:…",
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        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Haitian-Canadian novelist denies using AI for breakthrough debut novel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/haitian-canadian-novelist-denies-using-ai-for-breakthrough-debut-novel-14262145",
        "published": "2026-10-13T18:28:06.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}