Can I have ChatGPT write my paper?

No—first, because it’s considered plagiarism to represent someone else’s work as your own (even if that “someone” is an AI language model). Even if you cite ChatGPT, you’ll likely still be penalized.

Second, ChatGPT can recombine existing texts, but it cannot really generate new knowledge. And it lacks specialist knowledge of academic topics. Therefore, it is not possible to obtain original research results, and the text produced is likely to contain factual errors.

However, you can usually still use ChatGPT for assignments in other ways, as a source of inspiration and feedback.