Citing AI
If you use AI you need to cite it. Make sure you are using AI ethically. Submitting AI-generated work and pretending it is your own goes against VSA's Academic Honesty Policy. Remember to be aware of issues like hallucination and bias, and use reliable websites instead of AI when possible.
How can I cite a chatbot?
To cite a chatbot, you need to know:
Your prompt (use the prompt in “quotation marks” as the title)
Website name (formatted in italics, e.g. Poe)
Bot/Model name (e.g. StableDiffusionXL for images, ChatGPT, Claude-2-100k for text; don't use italics for this)
The date you used the AI
Public URL (created using the share button)
In your works cited list it will look like this:
"". Website Name, AI Model. Date you used the AI, Public URL.
How can I cite Poe?
In your works cited list a conversation with Poe will look like this:
Share a link to the conversation in Poe, don’t copy and paste the URL from the browser address bar. If you click on this link [poe.com/s/AdtEREDku86PE8rUSHCO] you can see that it is a public URL that anyone can view, with the prompt included.
How can I create a public URL that anyone can view?
How can I cite Perplexity?
It's better to click through to the original source and cite this where possible.
The original sources are shown by the numbers in circles in Perplexity's reply. They link to the websites that Perplexity has summarised to give you an answer.
If you still want to cite Perplexity rather than the original sources it has used, you can use this format:
"Who is Louis Cha?". Perplexity. 17 Mar. 2024, www.perplexity.ai/search/who-is-louis-qcPoWLkkTRWgN2U5yBwGHQ.
You can get the public URL by clicking the share button, selecting shareable, and then clicking "Copy Link":
How can I cite Flint?
General Guidelines
Click "Share session" to get a link to your session:
You can then use the following format to create a works cited entry:
"Activity Name." Flint, Session URL. Accessed Date.
For example:
"Mr Wright's Physics IA Research Question Development." Flint, app.flintk12.com/activity/physics-ia-rese-3b1ff8/session/42de0982. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
The in-text citation for the above source can be abbreviated to: ("Mr Wright's Physics IA").
For Formal Assesment
If you are submitting your work for assessment by the IB, the URL should be give as www.flintk12.com, and any personal names and the name of the school need to be removed. You should also include a statement acknowledging your use of AI.
Start by naming your session; you can name it yourself, or click "Auto-name" to automatically generate a name:
You can then use the following format to create a works cited entry:
"Session name." Flint, URL. Accessed Date.
For example:
"Learning Physics with CERN Data." Flint, www.flintk12.com. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
The in-text citation for the above source can be abbreviated to: ("Learning Physics").
Should I list the AI tool as an author?
When citing AI tools using MLA, you should not use the AI as the author. Leave the author blank, and start the reference with the prompt or description of the conversation.
Do I need to include an accessed date?
No accessed date is needed, as long as you include the date you prompted the AI.
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