CITATIONS
Currently, APA recommends that text generated from AI be formatted as "Personal Communication." As such, it receives an in-text citation but not an entry on the References list.
Rule: (Communicator, personal communication, Month Date, Year)
Examples:
(OpenAI, personal communication, January 16, 2023).
When asked to explain psychology's main schools of thought, OpenAI's ChatGPT's response included ... (personal communication, February 22, 2023).
Personal communications are cited in a footnote, but are not listed in the bibliography.
Rule: Number.Originator of the communication, medium, Day Month, Year.
Example: 1 OpenAI's ChatGPT AI language model, response to question from author, 7 February, 2023.
Shortened note rule: NumberCorrespondent's last name, medium
Example: 1 ChatGPT, response to prompt from author
The Modern Language Association provides detailed guidance on citing generative AI according to their template: MLA guidance on citing generative AI
In-Text Citation Example: While the green light in The Great Gatsby might be said to chiefly symbolize four main things: optimism, the unattainability of the American dream, greed, and covetousness (“Describe the symbolism”), arguably the most important—the one that ties all four themes together—is greed.
Works Cited Example: “Describe the symbolism of the green light in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald” prompt. ChatGPT, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 8 Mar. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.
Adapted from guides by Loras College, USC Aiken Gregg-Graniteville Library, and Dalhousie University.