In November of 2022, OpenAI's ChatGPT got the world's attention, and has held it captive ever since. New platforms continue to proliferate the market, competing for users' attention, and with them come a host of powerful positives and negatives (as OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman explicitly warned). And so, learning to harness and maximize the tools to their most useful and ethical end is our job as users.
Remember, as far as policy is concerned, always refer to your professors for guidelines as to what is considered appropriate use in your classes.