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AI: Student Guide to ChatGPT, CoPilot and Other AI Resources

Guide content supports the teaching and research goals of multiple departments on campus. Content represents a non-exhaustive selection of essential resources and tools for engaging a wide range of backgrounds and viewpoints

How to Cite Generative AI

Remember to check with your instructor.

Some instructors might not allow any use of ChatGPT and others might allow only limited use.

If you are allowed to use ChatGPT in an academic assignment, here are some guidelines for citing.

Your instructor may also ask for an appendix that includes the prompts that you provided to ChatGPT or the full transcript of your interaction.

See also this summary of ways to acknowledge use of generative AI: Acknowledging and Citing Generative AI in Academic Work.