If your teacher has allowed you to use AI tools when completing an assessment, they may also ask you to include a statement acknowledging that you have used AI, with further details on what tools you have used, including screenshots and prompts. Include this text in an appendix before your works cited list. For example:
Appendix
I used Elicit to brainstorm research questions.
Your teacher may also ask you to document how you have used AI tools with details about prompts used and/or screenshots.
Appendix
I used ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas about my project. I used the following prompt: “5 possible ways to explore language learning in virtual reality”. I have not presented any content generated by AI tools as my own work. Screenshot:
When citing AI image tools, use the prompt in “quotation marks” as the reference title in your works cited page. e.g. “Glowing jellyfish floating through a foggy forest at twilight, manga style”.
You also need to know the following information:
Website name (formatted in italics, e.g. Poe)
Bot/Model name (e.g. StableDiffusionXL, DALL·E, Magic Media, Imagen)
Date created
Public URL (created using the share button)
The basic format is:
“Prompt”. Website name, Bot/Model Name, Date Created, URL (use the share button)
Provide a caption and reference in your works cited list:
Work Cited
“A bear riding a motorbike by Matisse”. Poe, Stable Diffusion XL, 29 Sept. 2023, https://poe.com/s/RCS5KRiIpqqBNZdxN8FZ.
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/RCS5KRiIpqqBNZdxN8FZ] you can see that it is a public URL that anyone can view, with the prompt included.
When creating an AI image in Canva, include your prompt and the name of the AI model you used e.g. DALL·E. If you have made your Canva project public you can include the public URL (by getting the share link), but this isn't necessary.
AI model names include: DALL·E, Magic Media, Imagen and many more; you can see the full list here.
Work Cited
“A bear riding a motorbike by Matisse”. Canva, DALL·E, 16 Mar. 2024, www.canva.com/design/DAF_6OtYqGc/tIpmpxmtyCI7qq2QzSElBA/edit?utm_content=DAF_6OtYqGc.
or if you don't want to share the public URL for your design:
“A bear riding a motorbike by Matisse”. Canva, DALL·E, 16 Mar. 2024, www.canva.com.
You can shorten the prompt/title if it’s too long by just including a short description of the prompt instead, as long as it is keyed to the reference on your works cited page. When you name the image yourself, you don't need to wrap the title in quotation marks:
However, when citing an image created for an art or design project, you may want to include the entire prompt.
If you use images created by someone else using an AI tool, you can just cite the image as normal, though you may want to include a note stating that the image is generated by AI.
Work Cited
@EliotHiggins. Fake Photo of Trump Being Arrested. Twitter, 21 Mar. 2023, twitter.com/EliotHiggins/status/1637928223848767492. Accessed 28 Mar. 2023.
If you use AI you need to cite it. Make sure you are . Submitting AI-generated work and pretending it is your own goes against VSA's Academic Honesty Policy. Remember to be aware of issues like , and use instead of AI when possible.
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.
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 [] you can see that it is a public URL that anyone can view, with the prompt included.
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:
You can get the public URL by clicking the share button, selecting shareable, and then clicking "Copy Link":
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.
No accessed date is needed, as long as you include the date you prompted the AI.
"Who is Louis Cha?". Perplexity. 17 Mar. 2024,.
It's best not to directly use quotes from chatbots because the information might be incorrect or biased. Instead, use AI to help you find more reliable sources.
However, there may be situations when you choose to directly quote an AI tool. For example, if you were testing the abilities of a new chatbot, you might quote it as follows:
... decided to explore chatbot hallucinaations in open source chatbots. When I asked Llama-2 7b what the capital of paris was, it replied "Ah, a question about the capital of Paris! adjusts glasses Well, my dear, the capital of Paris is... (checks notes) ...Paris!" ("What is the Capital of Paris?").
Remember to include a reference in your works cited list:
Works Cited
"What is the Capital of Paris?". Poe, Llama-2-7b, 16 Mar. 2024, poe.com/s/MsPLk9fz4mZr2FXFxC6y
It's best to avoid paraphrasing chatbots because the information might be incorrect or biased. Instead, use AI tools like Perplexity or Bing Copilot to help you find more reliable sources.
Sometimes you might discuss the response of an AI tool in a report (for example in your Personal Project report), in which case you should include an in-text citation as follows:
... incorrectly claimed that Parag Agrawal is the current CEO (“How Would I Go about Learning How to Build a Simple Musical Synthesiser.”).
Remember to include a reference in your works cited list:
Work Cited
“How Would I Go about Learning How to Build a Simple Musical Synthesiser.” Poe, Gemini-Pro, 19 Mar. 2024, poe.com/s/dEen5wlOiNrkwmEohJMD.