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Middlesex ChatGPT and Generative AI-A Student's Guide

This guide provides important information about Generative AI to students.

If using AI is allowed on an assignment every time you include something AI-generated you must cite it. If you are not sure about the AI policies in your class, please double check with your instructor before you use any AI tools.

Citing AI Generated Texts

MLA:

Examples from Modern Library Association: 

MLA chatgpt promp example

"Prompt text" prompt. AI tool, version of tool, company that made the tool, date text was generated. URL. 
  • In-text citation: ("Describe the symbolism")
  • Works Cited: 

Describe the symbolism of the green light in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald” prompt. ChatGPT, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 8 Mar. 2023, https://chat.openai.com/share/dccb3610-1db9-4eed-88b1-cdb06f67982a.

APA

Company that made the tool (date text was generated). AI tool. (version of tool) [Large language model]. URL. 
  • In-text citation: (OpenAI, 2023)
  • References: 

OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/share/dccb3610-1db9-4eed-88b1-cdb06f67982a.

Citing AI Generated Images

 In most citation styles, you don't need to include this in the works cited, only as a caption for the image.

MLA 

If you're including an AI-generated image in the body of a paper, give it a figure number (i.e. Fig. 1, Fig. 2)

Fig. 1. "Full prompt" prompt, Name of Tool, version of tool, Company Name, date image was generated, URL.

Fig. 1. “Pointillist painting of a sheep in a sunny field of blue flowers” prompt, DALL-E, version 2, OpenAI, 8 Mar. 2023, labs.openai.com/Links to an external site.

APA

As of August 2024, APA has not issued specific guidance on how to cite AI-generated images. For now, cite as you would any other image, using the guidelines APA has issued for AI-generated text.

Company that made the AI tool. (Year image was generated). Name of the AI tool, as specifically as possible. Version of the AI tool. [AI image generator]. URL.

In-text citation: (OpenAI, 2023).

References: OpenAI. (2023). DALL-E 2. [AI image generator]. https://openai.com/dall-e-2