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

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World News · the U.S. · October 14, 2026

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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.

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