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APA 7th Referencing Style Guide

Artificial intelligence software

Referencing the information generated by an algorithm or artificial intelligence software tool, such as ChatGPT. 

Credit the author of the algorithm/AI tool with a reference list entry and an in-text citation. 

Reference list format

Who When What Where

Author of AI tool.

 (Year released). Title of tool (Version) [Description]. URL to access tool

Reference list example

OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat

 

In-text citation examples

OpenAI (2023) generated the following response when... 

...that indicates a limitation of the software (OpenAI, 2023). 

In your writing

  • Describe how you used the tool.
  • Provide the prompt you used.
  • Provide any portion of the relevant text that was generated in response.
  • Document the exact text created because tools like ChatGPT generate unique responses in each chat session, even if given the same prompt.

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