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Chicago Referencing Guide

Notes-Bibliography Style

Generative artificial intelligence (AI)

If you use text generated by ChatGPT or other AI software, 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.