If your text contains content generated by artificial intelligence (AI), you must provide the source.
When citing a AI-service (ChatGPT, Bing Chat etc.) :
- In your text, include a description of how you used the the tool, it may be in your method section or in your introduction.
- In your text, provide any prompts you used and the text that was generated by the tool, you might also consider (if long) to include it in an appendix.
- Remember that, if you use an appendix this should be called out at least once in your text.
How to cite AI (APA 7th)
In text
(Company/Rightsholder, Year)
In the reference list
Company/Rightsholder. (Year). Software title (Version) [Large language model]. Publisher. URL-to-where-you-may-access-the-service
- Describe in brackets what kind of AI-service you are refering to. For example [ Large language model], [Text-to-image model] etc.
- If the company/rightsholder is the same as the publisher, you don’t need publisher.
Example [Large language model]:
In text
When asked "why is it important to cite relevant sources in a academic text?", ChatGPT answered "It is a crucial aspect of academic integrity and allows readers to assess the strength and validity of your claims" (OpenAI, 2023; see Appendix A for the full transcript).
In the reference list
OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Nov 6 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat
Example [Text-to-image model]:
In text:
Image of man holding umbrella generated using Midjourney (2023).
In the reference list:
Midjourney. (2023). Midjourney (V5.1) [Text-to-image model]. https://www.midjourney.com/
Additional resources
AI Tools (Search & Write)
Using and referring to AI software (James Cook University Library)