What's changing at South African universities
In February 2026, EWN reported that UNISA had seen a marked increase in AI-assisted submissions.
Every university, faculty and course sets its own rules, and they differ. So the first step is always the same: read your course outline and do what it says.
Why a record helps when you have to declare
If you're asked to disclose and reflect on how you used AI, you'll need to answer questions like: what did you ask? What did you keep? What did you change, and why? That's hard to do from memory, weeks after the fact.
A copy of the chats you used lets you:
- See exactly what you asked, and when.
- Point to what you kept and what you rejected.
- Write an honest reflection, based on what happened rather than what you remember.
How to keep a good record
- Follow your course's rules first. If a task says no AI, it means no AI.
- Save the chats you actually used, as they were, not a tidied-up version.
- Save them as you go, not the night before the deadline.
- Keep them somewhere you control, as PDF or text, so they don't depend on an AI's history settings.
What a record isn't
A record is not proof.
An exported chat shows what was said in the chat. It doesn't prove the work you submitted is yours, and it doesn't make a use of AI acceptable if your course doesn't allow it. Your drafts, your notes and your own reflection are what count.
Save a chat in one click
Uncook's Export saves a chat as PDF, Markdown or plain text, with your messages and the AI's answers. On the ChatGPT page, click the Uncook icon and pick Export. You can also use it with a supported Claude or Gemini chat open in desktop Chrome.
Export is free, and it doesn't count as a task.
Questions people ask
Do I have to declare my AI use? That depends on your university and your course. Check your course outline, or ask your lecturer.
Should I edit the chat before I save it? No. If you keep it as a record, keep it as it was.
Can I save a chat from Gemini too? Yes. Open a supported Gemini chat in desktop Chrome and use the Uncook icon.
Start fresh,
without starting over.
Add to Chrome
Export runs in your browser, through the extension. The chat isn't sent to our servers, and nothing is kept on our side.