Content from Generative Artificial intelligence (Gen-AI), such as Copilot and ChatGPT, has recently become widely available. Your lecturer will indicate where and when it is appropriate to use such tools in assessments.
For more information on reference list format and style, see General information - basics of referencing.
Author. (Year of version). Name of model (version number) [Description]. Website Name. https://xxx
OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat
Note: When the author is also the publisher/website name, you do not need to repeat.
As the outcome of the 'chat' from AI-generated tools is not retrievable by other readers, include in your text the prompt you used and then any part of the relevant text that was produced. Use the name of the generator as it appears in your reference list and the version date.
Parenthetical citation: When you use ideas or words generated by AI in your text, include the generator's name and publication date in brackets, generally at the end of the sentence, e.g. ... services closer to home (OpenAI, 2024).
Narrative citation: If you use the generator's name as part of a sentence, include the date of publication in brackets, generally at the beginning of the sentence, e.g. OpenAI (2024) argued that time was ...
When prompted with “How do helicopters hover?” the ChatGPT-generated text indicated the five parts that make helicopters hover and summarised this at the end: “By adjusting the rotor speed and blade angles, a helicopter can achieve and maintain a stable hover in the air” (OpenAI, 2023).
OpenAI’s (2023) ChatGPT-generated text responded to the following prompt, “What's an effective way of teaching phonetics?” with this “requires a combination of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic approaches to help students understand the relationship between sounds and letters” and then gave two strategies to assist with the process.