Zimbabwean author denies using AI to write Caine prize-winning story

Simbarashe Kundizeza has denied using AI to write The Blue Fighter, which won the Caine prize on 6 October, after The Atlantic said detection software Pangram flagged it as almost fully AI-generated. The prize's chair questioned the reliability of such detectors.

• The Blue Fighter won the Caine prize for African writers on 6 October
• The Atlantic said Pangram flagged the story as almost fully AI-generated
• Kundizeza said he wrote the story himself without generative AI
• The Caine prize is reviewing the claims but doubts AI detectors' accuracy