As of 13 August 2026, AI can create a strong password.
This still needs a person who signs their name to it.
Can you do it?
2 minutesto a draft.
5 minutesto something you’d act on.
Cost, all in£0
Skill needednone
Who has to check ityou
What the alternative costsA password manager's built-in generator is the safer alternative, but no price is provided here.
If this goes wrong, someone may access the account and you must change the password and recover the account with the provider.
What to actually do
Hand it to a person
The route this page recommends
A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.
Use a tool built for this
Second choiceDo it yourself
The distant thirdA chat interface, no skill needed, and roughly 5 minutes until you can act on the result.
How to actually do it
- Open the account's security or password-help page and note its exact password rules, including minimum length, maximum length, permitted symbols and whether spaces are allowed.
- Paste the supplied prompt into a chatbot, replacing [ACCOUNT OR SERVICE] with the service name only, and do not paste any existing password or personal information.
- Open your password manager and use its built-in password generator, applying the service's rules and choosing a long random password rather than a memorable phrase if the service permits it.
- Compare the generated password's length and characters with the service's stated rules, and confirm that the password is not already used for another account.
- Save the password in the password manager, enter it on the service's password-change page, and sign in once to confirm that it works.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication in the same account's security settings and store any recovery codes in a secure place separate from the password manager.
Prompt
Help me create a strong password for [ACCOUNT OR SERVICE] without asking for my name, address, date of birth, existing passwords, security answers or any other personal information. First state the password requirements I should check, including minimum length, permitted characters and whether spaces are allowed. Then generate one candidate that is at least 20 characters long, unique, not based on personal information and not reused anywhere else. Do not claim that a chatbot can prove cryptographic randomness or secrecy. Tell me to generate the final password in my password manager instead if it has a built-in generator, and remind me to save it there and enable multi-factor authentication.
Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.
What it gets wrong
- A chatbot cannot prove that a password it displays was generated with secure randomness.
- A password shown in a chat may be stored in chat history, logs or screenshots, so it is not the safest place to create the final secret.
- AI does not know the account's current password rules unless you provide them or check the service's own security page.
- AI cannot ensure that you have not reused the password on another account.
- AI cannot store the password securely or protect it from someone who can access your device or account.
Even on a YES, the friction has a name: stakes of error, verification cost and private data access.
How we scored this
Five axes, each scored nought to two by hand: ten means AI carries the task cleanly, and the thresholds that turn a total into YES, PARTLY or NO are published in the methodology. Each axis name links to its definition.
| Axis | Score (0–2) |
|---|---|
| Output | 2 |
| Inputs | 2 |
| Verification | 1 |
| Liability | 1 |
| Effort delta | 2 |
| Total | 8 / 10 |
The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.
FAQ
- Can ChatGPT make me a strong password?
- Yes, it can generate a long password or passphrase that follows rules you provide. For the final password, a password manager's built-in generator is safer because the secret does not need to appear in a chatbot conversation.
- Is it safe to let AI generate my password?
- It is safer to use AI for the rules and use a password manager to generate the final password. Do not paste existing passwords or personal information into a chatbot, and do not reuse a password created for one account.
- What makes a password strong?
- It should be long, unique to one account and difficult to guess, without names, dates, common phrases or other personal information. A password manager can generate and store one without requiring you to invent it yourself.
- Should I use a different password for every account?
- Yes. A unique password limits the damage if one service is breached or the password is exposed. Store the different passwords in a password manager and enable multi-factor authentication where the service offers it.
Nearby answers
Assessed by gpt-5.6-luna (gpt-5.6-luna) on 2026-08-13, second-checked by an independent model. Wrong somewhere? Email [email protected] and it gets re-checked.
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