Research Guides: Artificial Intelligence Resource Guide: Academic Integrity and Citing Artificial Intelligence

Introduction

GAI output is intellectual property generated by seeking material from many other sources. As such, like any other resource, material generated with GAI should be acknowledged with citations and bibliographies, and material that GAI draws upon should also be cited whenever possible.

Best practices for citing when using GAI-generated material:

The publishers of the major citation styles are still evolving standard formats for citing GAI-generated output. The latest guidance is below, but in general, the references and citations you will construct for material generated by AI should follow the same general principles used for any other type of source.

Ask GAI to cite its sources.
When GAI provides sources, consult those original sources instead of relying on the GAI mashup when possible. This is to ensure that GAI is accurately representing the source and to correct inevitable errors in GAI generated summaries.
Remember to double check all citations produced by GAI, as they can be made-up due to the hallucination phenomenon.

Academic Integrity and Citing Artificial Intelligence

The University of Massachusetts Global is an academic community based on the principles of honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility. Academic integrity is a core University value, which ensures respect for the academic reputation of the University, its students, faculty and staff, and the degrees it confers. The University expects that students will conduct themselves in an honest and ethical manner and respect the intellectual work of others.

With regard to artificial intelligence, University policy means that students should only use AI in a manner that is consistent with course requirements and which does not misrepresent machine generated work as their own. Even when students are permitted to use AI at any stage of a research project, their work must be completed honestly using principles of Academic Integrity.

You should not use AI to complete assignments without checking with your professor.

Academic Integrity Resources

UMass Global's Standards and Policy of Academic Integrity is in the University catalogue accessible through MyUmass Global.
Check the Library's Academic Integrity page.
UMass Global Student Conduct Code
UMass Global Academic Integrity Policy

How to cite ChatGPT as a source

APA

Guideline: https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/how-to-cite-chatgpt

APA format: Author. (Date).Title (Month Day version) [Additional Descriptions ]. Source

Author: The author of the model.

Date: The year of the version.

Title: The name of the model. The version number is included after the title in parentheses.

Bracketed text: References for additional descriptions

Source: When the publisher and author names are identical, omit the publisher name in the source element of the reference and proceed directly to the URL.

APA reference entry: OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Feb 13 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com

APA in-text citation: (OpenAI, 2023)

Examples

Example 1 from APA Guideline

When prompted with “Is the left brain right brain divide real or a metaphor?” the ChatGPT-generated text indicated that although the two brain hemispheres are somewhat specialized, “the notation that people can be characterized as ‘left-brained’ or ‘right-brained’ is considered to be an oversimplification and a popular myth” (OpenAI, 2023).

Reference

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

Example 2 from APA Guideline

When given a follow-up prompt of “What is a more accurate representation?” the ChatGPT-generated text indicated that “different brain regions work together to support various cognitive processes” and “the functional specialization of different regions can change in response to experience and environmental factors” (OpenAI, 2023; see Appendix A for the full transcript).

Reference

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

MLA

Guideline: https://style.mla.org/citing-generative-ai/

Examples

MLA format: “Text of prompt” prompt. ChatGPT, Day Month version, OpenAI, Day Month Year, chat.openai.com.

MLA Works Cited entry: “Explain antibiotics” prompt. ChatGPT, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 16 Feb. 2023, chat.openai.com.

MLA in-text citation: ("Explain antibiotics")

Chicago

Guideline: Recommendations on how to cite AI-generated content

Example

Chicago style recommends citing ChatGPT in a Chicago footnote

1. Text generated by ChatGPT, March 31, 2023, OpenAI, https://chat.openai.com.