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IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is a numbered referencing style requiring an in-text citation within the text of your document and a related entry in a reference list at the end of your document.

Generative AI - reference list

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 IEEE, writers are required to disclose the use of AI in an acknowledgement section. The acknowledgement includes the name of the AI tool, a description of how you used AI and the prompts you used.  

For course assessments, check with your lecturer for any specific instructions for formatting this acknowledgement. 

Currently, IEEE has not provided guidance for citing AI content.  In the interim, cite AI content in a similar way to personal communication.  However, the name of the AI tool.is used for the author. 

Format

[1] Name of AI tool,  private communication, Abbrev. Month, year.

Examples

[1] Microsoft Copilot, private communication, Jun 2021.

[2] ChatGPT, private communication, Mar 2023.

Generative AI - in-text citations

When using another person's ideas or words, include an Arabic numeral in square brackets (consecutively numbered). 

Examples

According to [1], effective communication results from...

Graph visualization is widely used to support network analysis tasks in various areas of science and engineering [1].

If you are making a direct quotation, use quotation marks.

In response to a prompt, "What are the advantages of artificial intelligence?", ChatGPT [1] identified ...