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Student Guide to AI

Citing AI

Since AI technology is rapidly changing, we are still learning to ethically use and cite generative AI sources like ChatGPT.    As you are using AI, here are some ideas for citing generative AI responsibly:

  • Save a transcript of your chat. Make it available to or retrievable by your reader.
  • Keep the description of the prompt that generated the specific AI tool response.
  • Include the date when the response was generated. This is important as these tools will update regularly.
Citation Style Guidance:
Purdue University - How to Cite AI Generated Content
APA Style - information from the APA Style Blog on how to cite ChatGPT, generative AI, etc               
MLA - link to the MLA style guide on citing new technologies like ChatGPT
Chicago Style - guidance on generative AI citation and footnote/endnote suggestions.