Winner of the Prix Goncourt literary prize admits to using AI

'I don't think AI can be held back' Philippe Jaenada. 'I don't think AI can be held back' Philippe Jaenada. Philippe Jaenada told French radio that he used ChatGPT to'play with the reader', after the prize removed a different book from its longlist over allegations of AI use The winner of France's most prestigious literary prize has admitted using artificial intelligence while writing his novel, barely a day after collecting an award whose jury had thrown out another book over suspected AI use. Philippe Jaenada, who won the Prix Goncourt on Tuesday for (The Unknown Woman of the Quai de Javel), told France Inter radio on Wednesday that he had turned to AI "three times" while writing it. The first, he said, was to slip in a sentence written by ChatGPT in order to "play with the reader".