Zimbabwean author denies using AI to write award-winning story

BBC World reports: Simbarashe Kundizeza says he was inspired by a poem about fish tanks to write a story about his family struggles in Zimbabwe Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza has denied using artificial intelligence (AI) to write his short story, which won this year's Caine Prize for African Writing. His statement comes a week after he scooped the £10,000 ($13,000) award and a recent article in The Atlantic said AI-detection software Pangram had shown his work about a boy whose family falls on hard times was entirely AI generated. "For the avoidance of doubt, I wrote The Blue Fighter," he posted on X , external .

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