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Granta published a likely AI-written story as a prize finalist

Ellsworth Toohey
May 19, 2026
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Ethan Mollick, the Wharton professor who studies AI adoption, ran “The Serpent in the Grove“ through Pangram — an AI-detection tool that claims 99% accuracy — and got 100% red flags. The story had been selected from 7,806 entries as a Caribbean regional finalist for the Commonwealth Foundation Short Story Prize and published i…

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