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French scholars use AI to imagine a new Molière play

Researchers are using artificial intelligence to craft a play in the style of Molière, imagining what the 17th-century playwright might have written if he had not died in 1673.

Published May 4, 2026, 10:29 AM EDT | WFMZZ

A team of French scholars is employing artificial intelligence to create a play modeled on the work of Molière. The project asks what France's greatest playwright might have produced had he not died of tuberculosis in 1673.