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In addition to guidance by your professor, most of the major style guides have created a method for citing Generative AI.

      

       APA 

  • Reference: OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat
  • Parenthetical citation: (OpenAI, 2023)
  • Narrative citation: OpenAI (2023) (McAdoo, 2024)

     MLA     

  • Works Cited: "Prompt" prompt. ChatGPT, version, publisher, date accessed, website of chat
  • Example: “Describe the symbolism of the green light in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald” prompt. ChatGPT, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 8 Mar. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat. (MLA, How Do I Cite Generative AI in MLA Style?)

    Chicago/Turabian     

  • Text Acknowledgement: For most types of writing, you can simply acknowledge the AI tool in your text (e.g., “The following recipe for pizza dough was generated by ChatGPT”).
  • Numbered Footnote or Endnote: 1. Text generated by ChatGPT, OpenAI, March 7, 2023, https://chat.openai.com/chat.
  •  Author/Date: Any information not in the text would be placed in a parenthetical text reference. For example, “(ChatGPT, March 7, 2023).”
  • Bibliography: Don't cite ChatGPT in a bibliography or reference list unless you provide a publicly available link The Chicago Manual of Style, n.d) 

References

The Chicago Manual of Style. (n.d). Citation, documentation of sources. Retrieved May 1, 2024 from https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/Documentation/faq0422.html

MLA Style Center. (March 17, 2023). How do I cite generative AI in MLA style? Retrieved May 1, 2024 from https://style.mla.org/citing-generative-ai/

McAdoo, T. (February 23, 2014). How to cite ChatGPT." Apa Style. Accessed May 1, 2024 from https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/how-to-cite-chatgpt

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