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Literary Prizewinners Are Facing AI Allegations. It Feels Like the New Normal

2026-05-19 · WIRED

Three out of five regional winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize are suspected of using AI chatbots to write their entries. Nothing says 'literary achievement' quite like copy-pasting from ChatGPT and collecting a prestigious award. The new normal in literature: may the best prompt engineer win.

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