AI Citation Guide

According to the APA official blog, if using AI for editing, data visualization, or other uses, the user should attribute it in the following ways:

• Reference the use and the scenario in the Introduction or Methods section of your paper
  • Ex: The content written for this paper was edited for grammar, punctuation, and general readability using ChatGPT 3.5.
• If you are quoting from an AI tool directly, provide the prompt and any text quoted
  • See Parenthetical Citation or Narrative Citation for examples
• Include a citation in the Reference section or Sources Cited section of the paper
  • See the Reference List section for an example

Example:

(Company, Year). 

In practice:

From the prompt "give me a short history of the sport of archery" ChatGPT gave the following: "archery has been used since the Paleolithic Era to aid in hunting and protection. Since this sport was important to many regions around the world, it became a sport recognized by the Olympics and debuted in the 1900s games, and later became a permanent sport in 1972" (OpenAI, 2023).

Example:

Company (Year)

In practice:

When using OpenAI (2023) to complete the prompt “Summarize 3 main points from the article “The Role of Librarians in Academic Success” by Claudia J. Dold”, the most recurring ideas were the following: librarians are teachers of information and literacy skills, internal and external collaborators, and scholars within their field. 

Example:

Company. (Year accessed). Program (Month Day version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat.

In practice:

OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (May 18 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat.