New Delhi, May 20 -- AI tools such as OpenAI's ChatGPT are increasingly embedded in the daily academic life of Indian college students, reshaping how they study, complete assignments and prepare for placements.

Across campuses, students describe using AI tools not as a novelty but as an everyday academic assistant, part tutor, part coding helper and part revision guide. ChatGPT has quietly become a default tool for many.

"I don't open ten YouTube videos anymore," said a 19-year-old Bengaluru-based engineering student told LiveMint. "The night before exams, it feels like a last-minute teacher. I just ask it to simplify the entire unit, and it gives me what I need."

Students said AI tools are most heavily used during exam seasons, when t...