Literature Award

The novel "Tokyo Resonance Tower" assisted by ChatGPT won Japan's top literary award, the Akutagawa Prize. The author is 33-year-old female writer Rie Kudan. The novel tells the story of a towering prison tower centered on AI and was officially published on January 17. In her acceptance speech, Rie Kudan said that generative AI helped her unleash her potential and regarded AI as a source of inspiration and a companion in her creative process. However, the judges' unanimous evaluation of the novel was "almost flawless", which sparked controversy about the use of AI in creation. Source Note: The image is generated by AI,…