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Multiple Commonwealth short story winners accused of using AI

Several regional winning stories in the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize have been accused of being AI-generated. Following accusations from readers online that Jamir Nazir’s “The Serpent in the Grove” was AI-generated, Wired reported that the AI-detection tool Pangram had flagged the story as 100 percent AI-generated. The publication said...

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