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How to cite AI use

If you choose to use generative AI tools for class assignments, you should give special attention to how you acknowledge and cite the output of those tools in your work. You should always check with your teacher before using AI for classwork. 

When should you cite an AI tool like ChatGPT?

  • Cite a generative AI tool whenever you paraphrase, quote, or incorporate into your own work any content (whether text, image, data, or other) that was created by it.

  • Acknowledge all functional uses of the tool (like editing your prose or translating words) in a note, your text, or another suitable location.

  • Take care to vet the secondary sources it cites

MLA

Guideline: https://style.mla.org/citing-generative-ai/ 

MLA format: “Text of prompt” prompt. ChatGPT, Day Month version, OpenAI, Day Month Year, chat.openai.com.

MLA Works Cited entry: “Explain antibiotics” prompt. ChatGPT, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 16 Feb. 2023, chat.openai.com.

MLA in-text citation: ("Explain antibiotics")

APA

Guideline: https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/how-to-cite-chatgpt

APA format:  Author. (Date).Title (Month Day version) [Additional Descriptions ]. Source

APA reference entry: OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Feb 13 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com

APA in-text citation: (OpenAI, 2023)

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