Prolific author Anthony Horowitz , whose career spans decades and includes the beloved Alex Rider series and adult novels like Magpie Murders , has revealed he uses ChatGPT "all the time" in his writing process, a practice he admits makes him feel "nervous".

The 71-year-old writer, currently plotting the next instalment of his popular Hawthorne and Horowitz series, confessed to a sense of unease about his reliance on artificial intelligence .

"I feel nervous about it, because, is it cheating? I feel a bit like it’s cheating in a school exam," he stated. He recounted an instance where he asked ChatGPT for an adjective to describe a potato's shape, receiving the word 'ellipsoid'. This, he noted, highlighted the limitations of AI.…