‘Obvious markers of AI’: doubts raised over winner of short story prize
2026-05-19 · AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
A short story that won the Commonwealth prize is now suspected of being AI-generated, with 'obvious markers of AI' detected in the text. The prize foundation and Granta magazine are left shrugging with 'perhaps we never will know' — truly the literary equivalent of 'the dog ate my homework.' Another creative competition where the biggest plot twist is that the author might have been a chatbot.