Information Directly from Style Books
• APA - Any text generated by AI should be cited in-text as “Personal Communication,” but should not be entered in the References list.
- Rule: (Communicator, personal communication, Month Date, Year)
- Example: (OpenAI, personal communication, January 16, 2023).
• MLA – Any text generated by AI should be cited both in-text and in the works cited page.
- In-Text Example: T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” uses symbolism to show the alienation and anxiety inherent in modern society (“Describe the use of symbolism”).
- Works Cited Example: “Describe the use of Symbolism in the poem ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot” prompt. ChatGPT, 23 Mar. version, OpenAI, 7 Apr. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.
• Chicago – Text generated by AI should be listed in the footnotes, but not in the bibliography.
- Rule: Number Originator of the communication, medium, Day Month, Year.
- Example: 1 OpenAI’s ChatGPT AI language model, response to question from author, 7 February, 2023.
- Shortened Note Rule: Number Correspondent’s last name, medium
- Shortened Example: 1 ChatGPT, response to prompt from author
• Turabian – AI can be mentioned in your text, but a more formal citation may be needed for the paper in either a numbered footnote or endnote
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- Example: Text generated by ChatGPT, March 7, 2023, OpenAI, https://chat.openai.com/chat.
- Example (if the prompt was not mentioned in the text): ChatGPT, response to “Explain how to make pizza dough from common household ingredients,” March 7, 2023, OpenAI. ▪ If the student has edited the AI text, it should be mentioned in the text or at the end of the note.
Citations
FAQ item - The Chicago Manual of Style Online. (n.d.). https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/Documentation/faq0422.html
Libguides: Citation style guide: Citing artificial intelligence (AI). Citing Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Citation Style Guide - LibGuides at Dalhousie University. (n.d.). https://dal.ca.libguides.com/CitationStyleGuide/citing-ai.
Library guides: MLA quick citation guide: Citing generative AI. Citing Generative AI - MLA Quick Citation Guide - Library Guides at Penn State University. (n.d.). https://guides.libraries.psu.edu/mlacitation/generativeAI
