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Citing AI in MLA Style

Format of Citation/Template:

"Description of chat" prompt. Name of AI tool, version of AI tool, Company, Date of chat, URL. 

 

Works Cited Example:

“In 200 words, describe the symbolism of the green light in The Great Gatsby” follow-up prompt to list sources. ChatGPT, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 9 Mar. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.

 

In-Text Citation Example:

("In 200 words")

Note: MLA Style guide does not recommend treating the AI tool as an author. 

Citing AI in APA Style

Format of Citation/Template:

Author. (Date). Name of tool (Version of tool) [Large language model]. URL

 

Reference example:

OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat

 

In-Text Citation Example:

(OpenAI, 2023) 

Note: Unlike MLA, APA style recommends citing the AI tool as author with in-text citations and references. 

Citing AI in Chicago Style

Format of Citation/Template: 

1. Author, Title, Publisher, Date, URL for the tool. 

 

 Citation Example:

1. Text generated by ChatGPT, OpenAI, March 7, 2023, https://chat.openai.com/chat.

 

If the prompt was not included in the text body, include it in the note:

1. ChatGPT, response to “Explain how to make pizza dough from common household ingredients,” OpenAI, March 7, 2023.

 


Note: The Chicago Manual of Style recommends treating the AI Tool as the author of the content. Students should treat and cite the AI-generated outputs as they would a phone call or private conversation since normally they cannot provide direct links to the specific text outputs that were generated.