While MLA recommends that students acknowledge use of AI if their work, they do not at this time provide specific guidance as to how that should be done.  Therefore, you should ask your professor how they would prefer you acknowledge use of AI tools.

Monash University provides some suggested guidance and examples, such as:

Very briefly explain the ways that you have used AI in the production of this assessment.

• Explain which AI tools you have used and for what purposes.
• If you have found and used tools on your own, explain why these tools were selected and provide a URL link to the tool.
• Note the number of iterations undertaken with each main AI collaborative tool.
• Describe what output from the tool/service has been included, and where.
• Summarize how you have altered, adopted, or built on the AI output.

In addition to using this summary to provide an overview of how AI has been used, it is strongly recommended that you also carefully document the processes undertaken in creating the assessment and to be able to present this process evidence upon request from educators or administrators.

A suggested format:

I used [insert AI system(s) and link] to [specific use of generative artificial intelligence] [number of iterations/drafts]. The tool was used to provide  [describe content used in task]. The output from this tool was modified by [explain use].

Examples:

I used AI in the following ways:

(i) generate ideas or structure suggestions, for assistance with understanding core concepts, or other substantial foundational and preparatory activity for the assessment.

I used Consensus (https://consensus.app/search/) and Scite (https://scite.ai/) to find relevant academic literature and ExplainPaper(https://www.explainpaper.com/dashboard) to help understand the arguments in the sources. I used GoodAI to create an outline (2 iterations)

(ii) generate text, rewrite, rephrase and/or paraphrase a portion of this assessment.

I used Microsoft Word with copilot assisting to prepare the essay drafts (4 iterations). I used GoodAI to help revise the introduction (3 iterations) and then ChatGPT3.5 (2 iterations) to make the introduction sound more academic. I further edited the introduction adding appropriate citations.

(iii) generate some other aspect of the submitted assessment. 

I tried Microsoft Excel with copilot assisting to make the graphs but found GraphMaker (https://www.graphmaker.ai/) to produce better results for creating the graphs used as evidence in the essay. I used ChatGPT3.5 to change the bibliographic references into notes form for use in the footnotes.