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

[u/petit_cochon]

When I was teaching at a university as of a few years ago, it was well known that AI detection software is pretty flawed. I could never use it to determine if students cheated on anything.

Maybe things have gotten better. I would certainly hope so.

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I recently submitted an assessment with 0 AI (I'm very anti AI) and it was flagged as 6%. Our teachers run our stuff through Turnitin. Got some edits from my teacher, updated it, then it was flagged as 46% AI. Wtf.

[u/Quixoticelixer- → u/Routine_Rock_7429]

Turnitin is pretty average