AI detector bias against African writers remains unproven as Caine Prize reviews winner

The Caine Prize for African Writing is reviewing its 2026 winner after an article accused him of using artificial intelligence . The article, by the writer Vauhini Vara, was published on 11 October. It says an AI detection tool called Pangram flagged almost all of “The Blue Fighter,” the story by Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza that won the £10,000 prize at a ceremony in London on 6 October.