How to cite AI
If your text contains content generated by artificial intelligence (AI), you must provide the source.
Important! Please also make yourself familiar with the Guidelines for AI on Home Exams - Molde University College
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 provided an answer claiming that this 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
Guidelines for AI on Home Exams - Molde University College
AI Tools (Search & Write)
Using and referring to AI software (James Cook University Library)