Zimbabwean writer Kundizeza defends his short story

Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza has defended his short story, “The Blue Fighter” which won this year’s Caine Prize for African Writing, arguing that he did not use artificial intelligence (AI) to write it.

This follows an article by The Atlantic titled ‘Yet Another Literary Prizewinner Seems to Be AI’, which suggested that Kundizesa’s  work was wholy AI generated.

Kundizeza won  £10,000 which is equivalent to USD $13,000 as the prize money for the short story.

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