Students must consult their professors about whether the use of AI tools is permissible in assignments. Students who use content generated by a chatbot or similar AI tool must indicate how they used the tool in the text (see example below).
Content from AI tools that are quoted or paraphrased should be noted in the text of your work AND cited in a note. Treat conversations with chatbots as you would treat personal communications and social media posts by citing them in your notes but not usually in your bibliography.
For the examples outlined below, ChatGPT is the "author" of the content, and OpenAI is the publisher or developer. The URL points to a publicly archived copy of the conversation. Include in your note the date the content was generated as well as a version number. If you edited or adapted the AI-generated content, this fact should be acknowledged in the text or in the note (as in example note 2).
How to indicate in your text your use of AI:
The following recipe for pizza dough was generated on March 18, 2025, by ChatGPT-3.5.
How to cite in a note:
1. Text generated by ChatGPT-3.5, OpenAI, March 18, 2025, https://chatgpt.com/share/67d99144-da2c-8009-9eac-0825b2ee755f.
A prompt, if not included in the text, should be added to the note. Multiple prompts (as in an extended conversation) may be summarized. Please consult your professor on their preference for documenting your prompts with AI tools.
2. Response to “Explain how to make pizza dough from common household ingredients,” ChatGPT-3.5, Open AI, March 18, 2025, edited for style and accuracy.
If your include an AI conversation in your bibliography or reference list, cite it under the name of the publisher or developer rather than the name of the tool and include a publicly available URL.
Adapted from Chicago Manual of Style 14.112: CITING AI-GENERATED CONTENT.