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Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza denies using AI to write prize-winning story

Rachel Savage in Johannesburg · The Guardian · World
Published 15 Oct 2026, 6:01 am·1 h ago·1 min read
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Article in Atlantic claims The Blue Fighter was artificially generated, days after it won Caine prize for African writers The Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza has denied using AI to write a prize-winning short story after an article in the Atlantic said software had flagged it as almost completely AI-generated. Kundizeza’s story The Blue Fighter was announced as the winner of the prestigious Caine prize for African writers on 6 October. Five days later, The Atlantic published an article by the author and journalist Vauhini Vara titled: “Yet Another Literary prize winner Seems to Be AI.”…

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