Getting Started with AI

The APA guidelines state that any content that was created using a generative AI tool should be cited, and how the tool was used, whether it was summarizing, paraphrasing, editing, or translating, should be acknowledged. APA recommends describing how the AI tool was used in a text, either in the introduction or the method section of the paper. Citing AI should occur both internally as in-text parenthetical citations and on the reference page.

You can directly read the APA guidelines for citing generative AI at the APA-style website.

Last updated 8/26/2024

Here is APA's guide to applying its citation template for reference pages to AI-generated content. 

APA reference entries for AI usage should include these elements in this order of placement:

1. Author - the creator of the AI model. For example OpenAI
2. Date - year of version used 
3. Title  - the name of the model used. For example ChatGPT 
4. Version - the version or edition of the model should be placed in parenthesis. For example (Version 4) or (March 2024 edition)
5. Additional Description When Necessary - APA recommends including additional described information as [Bracketed Text] to help the reader understand what is being cited. For ChatGPT, they suggest including [Large Language Model] in square brackets following the version number
6. Source - the URL link where the AI Model was accessed

Here is an example of an APA reference page citation of AI-generated text created using ChatGPT: 

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In text citations should follow the normal APA format of (Author, Date). For AI-generated text, the author as explained above, is the creator of the AI model. So for text generated using ChatGPT, OpenAI should be listed as the author. 

Here's an example of an internal citation for AI-generated text created using ChatGPT: 

Last updated 8/26/2024