A new survey finds that most students are using AI in ways tied to learning support, while many worry about being incorrectly accused of misconduct. The results emphasize a gap between student adoption patterns and the enforcement systems colleges are using in classrooms. Students report using AI more for assistance in understanding, planning, and revision rather than simply turning in fully completed assignments. At the same time, the survey highlights student anxiety that AI use—particularly in drafting, tutoring, or language tasks—could be misread by instructors or misflagged by detection approaches. The findings point to the growing compliance and instructional challenge facing faculty: setting clear boundaries for legitimate use while reducing the risk that students who use AI for learning are penalized due to misunderstandings or bad-faith interpretations.