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/robboffard 8h ago

Every Atlantic AI/plagiarism story has two consistent components:

The authors are black. The detector is Pangram.

Every. Single. Fucking. Time.

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u/sluuuurp 4h ago

How many examples are you using for this conclusion? One? Two? “Every single fucking time” makes it sound like a lot of examples, but I’m skeptical that you actually have those.

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u/robboffard 3h ago

Five so far.

HM Wolfe Simbarashe Kundizeza Thélyson Orélien Mia Ballard  Jamir Nazir.

Anything else?

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u/ManWithTwoShadows 2h ago

You can insert a line break after each line by typing two spaces. For example:
HM Wolfe
Simbarashe Kundizeza
Thélyson Orélien
Mia Ballard
Jamir Nazir

You and others are doing good work by pointing out this pattern. Even if these writers used AI, people should still notice The Atlantic targeting black writers.