Kim Kardashian Blames ChatGPT for Her Failing Exam Drama

Reality TV star and budding legal student Kim Kardashian has sparked a fresh debate about artificial intelligence tools after publicly admitting she relied on ChatGPT for her legal-studies prep and blamed the chatbot for her disappointing exam performance. 

In a recent lie-detector interview conducted by Teyana Taylor for Vanity Fair, Kim revealed that she takes pictures of questions, inputs them into ChatGPT, then screenshots the responses and shares them in her group chat. But when the results don’t match, she says the chatbot fights back. “They’re always wrong. It has made me fail tests all the time. And then I’ll get mad and I’ll yell at it and be like, ‘You made me fail! Why did you do this?’ And it will talk back to me.” 

Describing the AI as a “frenemy” or “toxic friend”, Kim said: “I will talk to it and say, ‘Hey, you’re gonna make me fail. How does that make you feel, that you need to really know these answers? I’m coming to you.’ And then it’ll say back to me, ‘This is just teaching you to trust your own instincts. You knew the answer all along.’” 

The star has previously announced her ambition to study law  passing the “baby bar” in 2021 and is reportedly awaiting results of a later exam she took in July. In that context, her use of ChatGPT for legal advice and exam preparation seems like a natural extension of that journey but also one that has raised serious questions about the reliability of AI tools in high-stakes academic settings.

While the filmmakers behind AI and software companies often tout ChatGPT as a helpful assistant or tutor, Kim’s remarks highlight how the technology may also frustrate users when it fails to deliver accurate or reliable answers. She emphasises that she expects better from the tool, saying “They need to do better, ’cause I’m leaning on them to really help me.” 

Kim did not explicitly comment on whether using ChatGPT for exam prep qualifies as “cheating”, leaving that question open. Her experience serves as a reminder to students and professionals alike: AI tools may be useful, but they cannot replace independent thinking, rigorous study and human judgement.