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Anselm Gibbs and Danica Coto

AI controversy swirls around Trinidad and Tobago author

A prize-winning Caribbean writer from Trinidad and Tobago is embroiled in the latest controversy involving the use of AI for a creative work, after allegations artificial intelligence was used to write a short story.

The case went viral after the publisher issued a statement saying it asked Claude, an AI chatbot, whether AI was used to create The Serpent in the Grove by Jamir Nazir.

He was one of five writers who on May 14 were declared regional winners of the prestigious 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, awarded by the London-based Commonwealth Foundation.

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