Molière Ex Machina: AI used to create ‘new work’ by beloved French playwright

<p>Comedy debuts at Versailles featuring dialogue, music, costumes and scenery created with help of AI tool Le Chat</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/11/ukraine-russia-eu-ministers-brussels-putin-zelenskyy-hantavirus-spain-europe-latest-news-updates">Europe live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p></p><p>Molière is to the French what Shakespeare is to the English: the last word in historical literature, drama, wit and satire.</p><p>Now, more than 350 years after his death, the 17th-century dramatist has been revived after scholars at the Sorbonne University in Paris <a href="https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/news/moliere-ex-machina-when-ai-lends-its-pen-17th-century">used artificial intelligence</a> to help write an experimental play in his style.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/may/11/moliere-ex-machina-ai-create-new-work-france-equivalent-shakespeare">Continue reading...</a>