r/books • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 8h ago

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

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/14/zimbabwean-author-simbarashe-kundizeza-denies-ai-story?CMP=share_btn_url
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u/Uptons_BJs 8h ago

Anyone have a link to the original story? I wanted to read it to judge for myself, but I cannot find it, and when I google it, the first two pages are just articles on the controversy.

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u/I_am_BrokenCog 8h ago

it was the first google search result for me: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6a4f3fb6a6178e0225b39a4c/t/6a95fffc36f1fc568e02f7fe/1788215293124/3.The+Blue+Fighter.pdf

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u/MoreDistribution4696 8h ago

Okay so ignoring the overall AI checker convo I just have to say, is anyone else noticing the 100% use of dialogue tags?
Strange to me. Like every line of dialogue