While media generated by AI is not protected by copyright because it is not made by a human, citing AI text is crucial to maintain transparency and academic honesty. If you have used AI generated text for any part of your written work, it is best practice to acknowledge it with a formal citation.
Note: As always, if you are using AI for your coursework, speak with your faculty members to make sure the use is allowed and get further guidance how appropriately acknowledge that use.
In your References:
Publisher. (Year). Name of AI product (Version name) [Additional description]. URL.
OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat
In-text citation:
Parenthetical citation: (Publisher, Year), ex. (OpenAI, 2023)
Narrative citation: Publisher (2023), ex. OpenAI (2023)
Footnote or Endnote:
Text generated by AI Product, Publisher, Date, URL.
Text generated by ChatGPT, OpenAI, March 7, 2023, https://chat.openai.com/chat.
With prompt included:
AI Product, reponse to "Prompt" Publisher, Date, URL.
ChatGPT, response to “Explain how to make pizza dough from common household ingredients,” OpenAI, March 7, 2023, https://chat.openai.com/chat.
In-text citation:
(AI Product, Date)
(ChatGPT, March 20, 2023)
MLA does not recommend treating AI as an author, so reference list citations for AI should begin with a title or description of the source.
In your References:
"Description of generated work" prompt. AI Product. version name, Publisher, Date content was generated, URL.
"Create a list of scholarly databases used to find articles in the field of political science" prompt. ChatGPT, 14 Mar version, OpenAI, 20 Mar. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.
In-text citation:
("Shortened description")
("Create a list of scholarly databases")
