 ChatGPT, an AI chatbot with impressive writing capabilities, caused a stir in academia when it was discovered that some researchers had included it as a co-author on their papers. However, due to the fact that AI chatbots are not considered to be humans under current law, the text produced by the chatbot could not be copyrighted, meaning that it could not be considered an author of any copyrighted works. Additionally, since AI chatbots are still limited in their ability to take responsibility for their own writing, they cannot be considered authors from a research ethics standpoint. This article was authored by Juyeon Lee.