When Millie Houlton received the notice from York City Council she said she was tempted to pay rather than spend time compiling a response. She said: "I was like, 'oh I don't need this fine, I'm a student' but trying to articulate what I wanted to say was pretty difficult so I thought I'll just see if ChatGPT can do it for me. She said she was "very relieved" when she received the local authority's letter revoking the fine