A Japanese author has opened up about getting help from ChatGPT shortly after winning one of the country’s most prestigious literary awards. Driving the news: Rie Kudan, 33, on Wednesday received the coveted Akutagawa Prize — one awarded for budding writers — for her novel “Tokyo-to Dojo-to” (“Sympathy Tower Tokyo”). Aided by AI: After receiving the award, Kudan admitted at a press conference that she had utilized ChatGPT in her writing process.