What AI assistants are good at
AI assistants help draft, summarise, explain and brainstorm. They work best as a starting point that you then check and refine.
Writing clear instructions
Give context, describe the outcome you want and specify the format. Clear requests produce more useful answers.
Checking the output
Verify facts, test code and read critically. AI tools can produce confident answers that are wrong.
Using them responsibly
Follow your institution’s or employer’s rules, avoid sharing sensitive data and be transparent about how you used AI.