Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza cleared of using AI to write prize-winning story

November 12, 2026 · 1:14 pm 1 sources

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• Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza cleared of using AI to write prize-winning story
  The Guardian · November 12, 2026 13:14
  After a month-long investigation it was concluded that Kundizeza’s story The Blue Fighter, which won the £10,000 Caine prize, was ‘human-written’ Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza has been cleared of using AI to write a prize-winning short story, after the prestigious Caine prize for African…