Before using ChatGPT or other artificial intelligence or generative AI tools, check your syllabus or check with your professor to make sure using AI tools are allowed in your class or on your assignment.
We recommend you mention your use of AI tools in the body of your paper. Make sure you mention ChatGPT in your bibliography and the in-text citation.
In the example below, "OpenAI" is the company that created ChatGPT so they are considered the author. The date would be the year of the version of ChatGPT you used. 4omini refers to the software version. The title would be "ChatGPT" and the description [large language model] helps readers who might be unfamiliar with GPT to understand what it is. For the source, use the URL for accessing the source (not the publisher's homepage).
Bibliography Format:
Author. (Date). Title (version number) [description]. Source.
Bibliography Example
OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (4o mini) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat
In-Text Citation Format:
(Author, Date)
In-Text Citation Example: (In this example OpenAI is listed as the author.)
When prompted with “Is the left brain right brain divide real or a metaphor?” the ChatGPT-generated text indicated that although the two brain hemispheres are somewhat specialized, “the notation that people can be characterized as ‘left-brained’ or ‘right-brained’ is considered to be an oversimplification and a popular myth” (OpenAI, 2023).
From: https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/how-to-cite-chatgpt
Make sure you mention that your image was AI generated in a caption underneath or near your work. Include the name of the AI tool used and the prompt or phrase you used to generate the image.
Example:
Image generated using Adobe Express Generative AI from the prompt "a book checking itself out."
For an image you created yourself, you do not need to include it in the bibliography. If it was a published image, cite it the same way you would any image.