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"A story widely accused on social media of being written using AI has gone on to win the overall Commonwealth short story prize," reports the Guardian.
In mid-May the story had been selected as a regional winner, but with critics on X and Bluesky "claiming it showed 'obvious markers' of AI use."
In the wake of the controversy, the Commonwealth Foundation conducted a review of the regional winners, which it said involved looking at drafts, time-stamped documents and notes. "We are satisfied with the testi
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