Responsible Use

Last updated: April 20, 2026

InstantSubmit is a drafting tool. Like a word processor, a search engine, or a calculator, what it produces depends on how you use it and how you represent the result. This page sets out our expectations.

Academic integrity is your responsibility

Schools, colleges, and universities each have their own rules about AI use. Some allow it with disclosure. Some allow it for planning and research but not for final submission. Some prohibit it entirely. InstantSubmit cannot know which applies to you.

Before submitting any AI-assisted work, check your institution’s policy and follow it. When in doubt, ask your instructor. When in doubt and you cannot ask, disclose the assistance.

Review every output

AI can produce confident text that is wrong. Claims may be hallucinated, sources miscited, statistics outdated, and structure off-target. Before you rely on a generated document:

  • Read it end to end.
  • Verify every citation — open the link, check the page.
  • Cross-check factual claims that matter.
  • Rewrite sections that do not reflect your own understanding.

Submitting AI output unchecked is on you, not on the tool.

Prohibited uses

You may not use InstantSubmit to produce content intended to:

  • Impersonate a real person or mislead others about who wrote something in a context where that matters (exams, regulatory filings, legal proceedings, journalism attributed to a named author).
  • Harass, defame, or discriminate against an individual or protected group.
  • Sexualise minors, depict non-consensual acts, or promote self-harm.
  • Generate large-scale disinformation, astroturfed reviews, or political manipulation content.
  • Infringe copyright, trade secrets, or other intellectual-property rights.
  • Produce malware, phishing kits, instructions for weapons of mass harm, or similar operationally dangerous content.

These uses violate our Terms of Service and may result in account suspension or termination without refund.

Best practices for students

  • Use InstantSubmit to draft and structure, then make the ideas and language your own.
  • Treat every generated citation as a lead — verify it before including it.
  • Keep notes on which parts of a submission were AI-drafted so you can disclose accurately if asked.
  • Never pass off an unchecked generation as your original analysis.

Detection and disclosure

AI-detection tools are imperfect in both directions — they miss obvious AI text and flag human writing that is formal or formulaic. Relying on them to “prove” originality is a bad bet. The only reliable strategy is honest disclosure aligned with your institution’s policy.

Reporting abuse

If you believe InstantSubmit was used against you or used to generate harmful content, email support@instantsubmit.app with the subject line starting [abuse]. Include enough detail for us to investigate; we respond to credible reports within 5 business days.