Using ChatGPT doesn’t technically count as plagiarism, since there is no human author being copied in the first place. However, this doesn’t mean that ChatGPT is safe to use in an academic context.
Plagiarism involves using someone else’s work without proper attribution, while AI policy violations involve using AI-generated work when it is not permitted. Many institutions now treat unauthorized AI use as academic misconduct, regardless of whether it meets the technical definition of plagiarism. Our post on how many students are using AI to write papers explains how institutions are responding. Run your draft through Quetext’s AI Detector and Plagiarism Checker together to get a complete picture.