The 'Prix Pascal' prize does not have a jury yet or declared prize money but is accepting submissions until Nov 30. (Envato Elements pic)PARIS: Three tech entrepreneurs in France said Wednesday they had launched what they claimed was the first literary prize for books written with artificial intelligence.

Named the "Prix Pascal", it does not have a jury yet or declared prize money, but the initiative is intended to challenge other prizes which are struggling with how to regulate AI and its use by authors.

"The prize is open to anyone who writes in French, anywhere in the French-speaking world, with no requirement of nationality or residence, and without a publisher," said the three entrepreneurs, Philippe Rodriguez, Albin Serviant and Gilles Mentre, in a statement sent to AFP.