Using ChatGPT and Gemini for Studies? Avoid These Mistakes to Protect Your Exam Scores!

New Delhi: Busting over books for hours and waiting for the teacher to answer a question is now becoming a thing of the past. From classroom to preparation for competitive exams, digital assistants like chatbots have made a firm place on the study tables of students. Tools like ChatGPT, Cloud and Gemini have now become 24/7 personal tutors for millions of students. The question is whether this new approach is improving results or dulling the brain.

How many children are resting on this support?

Central Square Foundation's India Survey for EdTech polled 12,500 families and 2,500 teachers across 10 states. According to this survey conducted between July 2025 and January 2026, about 73 percent of children use such tools to clear doubts and revise lessons. 32 percent children also take their help in preparing for exams.

How are promising students turning it into a weapon?

First of all there is the matter of timetable. As soon as you tell the days left in the exam and the weak subjects, your customised schedule is prepared within minutes. Intricate rules of science or complicated theories of economics are being made simple by saying, "Explain it like you would explain it to a ten-year-old child". By making instant quiz from any chapter, students are catching their own mistakes. Before the exam, the gist and formulas of the entire chapter are available in one click. In 2026, Google will launch full-length practice tests of JEE Main and NEET in Gemini itself. According to a report, many toppers take help of these to speed up their revision but keep the thinking to themselves. 

Can every answer be trusted blindly?

Nearly half of the participants in the same survey considered misinformation to be the biggest threat. Experts say that chatbot is not an omniscient magician but a mathematical system. Many times he serves wrong things with full confidence. In such a situation, historical facts, government figures and scientific formulas should always be mixed with books. Otherwise marks may be deducted in the exam.

Is the power of thinking and understanding being affected?

The concern is greatest here. A study published in the journal Societies found an inverse relationship between tool use and logical thinking. The youth aged 17 to 25 who were more dependent on these had lower scores in the thinking assessment. If students start giving exact answers, their reasoning power will gradually weaken. Academics advise to first solve the question yourself, then match the tool. 

How safe is it to share personal information?

Caution is necessary here. Do not enter name, address, phone number, school identity or family related information on any such chatbot. Ask questions related to studies, keep personal details to yourself. Overall, this assistant is useful only when it is treated as a companion and not a crutch.