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Chicago Referencing Guide

Notes-Bibliography Style

Generative artificial intelligence (AI)

If you have used content generated a generative AI tool, you must make it clear how the tool has been used.

If you quote or paraphrase text generated by Copilot, ChatGPT, or other AI applications, you should cite it as a form of personal communication, as this content can't be retrieved by the reader of your work. 

  • Include the name of the AI software, the date the text was generated, and the name of the publisher or producer of the software.
  • Optionally, you can include the prompt which the AI was responding to, and/or a general URL for the software (the specific URL for the generated text should not be included, as it will require a user login).
  • Cite the source in notes only, do not include it in your bibliography.

Note:

24. Text generated by ChatGPT, April 14, 2023, OpenAI, https://chat.openai.com/chat.

15. ChatGPT, response to "Why is the sky blue?" May 21, 2023, OpenAI.