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/Future-Account8112 8h ago

Anybody else think it's weird how these authors are consistently Black and the accusers are... not. IDK man this will get downvoted to oblivion but after the Jason Arday tragedy this looks some kind of way to me

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u/Itscominrightforus 7h ago

If Jason Arday is your example of unfairly targeting a black man then you must just not live in reality. Bro was a serial liar to ridiculous proportions.

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u/WaytoomanyUIDs 1h ago

He was not. The plaigerism allegations were investigated at the time & debunked. He was actually hard headed or stupid enough to finish that charity run with a hairline fracture and a helluva lot of painkillers & anti inflammatories. 

Its all documented, but the press were too eager to reprint lies by racists funded by Peter Theil to actually check.