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. 2024 Jan 27;16(1):e53032. doi: 10.7759/cureus.53032

Table 2. Knowledge about ChatGPT among the participants (n = 443).

**Respondents are aware of tools similar to ChatGPT, such as Quillbot, Bard, Openai, Photomath, Perplexity, Bing chat, Copilot and the like.

Variable N (%)
How you came to know about ChatGPT?  
News 25 (5.7)
Internet 215 (48.8)
Friends/Family 162 (36.7)
Teachers 39 (8.8)
Do you know that ChatGPT can paraphrase?  
Yes* 319 (72.0)
No 124 (28.)
Do you know that ChatGPT can produce answers to your questions in various formats. (Write an assignment, essay or letter, structured research proposal, prepare a questionnaire and the like)?  
Yes* 367 (82.8)
No 76 (17.2)
Do you know that ChatGPT can interpret data in table, perform statistical test, interpret results and write analysis?  
Yes* 252 (56.9)
No 191 (43.1)
Do you know that ChatGPT can suggest diagnosis based on the symptoms or can solve complex mathematical problems?  
Yes* 278 (62.8)
No 165 (37.2)
Do you know that ChatGPT can generate references in the desired format (Vancouver, Harvard, MLA and the like)?  
Yes* 219 (49.4)
No 224 (50.6)
Do you know that ChatGPT can-do site-specific searches (Pubmed, elicit, google scholar and the like) to avoid fake citations?  
Yes* 213 (48.1)
No 230 (51.9)
Do you know any other similar tools like ChatGPT that can be used for academic purposes?**  
Yes* 96 (21.7)
No 346 (78.3)
Do you know any limitations of ChatGPT?  
Yes* 85 (19.2)
No 357 (80.8)