Kathmandu, May 14 -- When college student Sapana (name changed) sits down to write an essay, she pulls up the ChatGPT page in her browser. She asks the chatbot to generate ideas for her piece. Then, she begins writing. She does not proofread the paper. Why would she? Instead, she opens ChatGPT again, copies and pastes what she has written, and asks the AI platform to check her article for errors.

ChatGPT will rephrase Sapana's sentences or, in her words, "fix them." Sapana may review the article or tweak the phrasing in a few places. Then, she submits it.

Her approach is not uncommon. Most of Sapana's college friends use AI regularly in their studies. It is accessible and easy. "My first thought is always, 'I need to ask ChatGPT,'" Sapa...