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Zimbabwean author cleared of AI use after Caine prize probe

An investigation into the winning entry for the £10,000 Caine prize found no evidence that Simbarashe Kundizeza used artificial intelligence to write his story.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 11 Nov 2026 · updated 3h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 11 Nov 2026. BBC News published first, on 11 November at 20:00 UTC; The Guardian followed 17h 14m later. The most recent article, from The Guardian, appeared on 12 November at 13:14 UTC.

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  1. Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza cleared of using AI to write prize-winning story The Guardian ·
  2. African writing award probe finds 'no evidence' winning story was AI generated BBC News

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  • Simbarashe Kundizeza
  • Caine prize
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