ChatGPT and AI Literacy

Citation guidelines

Here are the guidelines for citing generative AI in MLA Style, APA Style, AMA Style, and Chicago Manual of Style.

Be sure to check Central European University's Policy on Student Plagiarism.

Go beyond traditional citations

Professor Ethan Mollick (Wharton School), recommends going beyond traditional citations. He asks his students to include an appendix to their papers, where they list each prompt they used in ChatGPT and discuss how they revised those prompts to get better output.

See: Mollick, Ethan R. and Mollick, Lilach, Using AI to Implement Effective Teaching Strategies in Classrooms: Five Strategies, Including Prompts (March 17, 2023).

See also Acknowledging and Citing Generative AI in Academic Work by Liza Long.

Publisher policies

Here are some statements from academic publishers about the use of generative AI.

• Science Journals policy: "Text generated from AI, machine learning, or similar algorithmic tools cannot be used in papers published in Science journals."
   
• Nature publishers: "... researchers using LLM tools should document this use in the methods or acknowledgements sections.”
   
• Taylor & Francis Clarifies the Responsible use of AI Tools in Academic Content Creation
  "Authors are accountable for the originality, validity, and integrity of the content of their submissions. In choosing to use Generative AI tools, journal authors are expected to do so responsibly and in accordance with our journal editorial policies on authorship and principles of publishing ethics and book authors in accordance with our book publishing guidelines. This includes reviewing the outputs of any Generative AI tools and confirming content accuracy." 
   
• Cambridge University Press.

  • AI use must be declared and clearly explained in publications such as research papers, just as we expect scholars to do with other software, tools and methodologies.

  • AI does not meet the Cambridge requirements for authorship, given the need for accountability. AI and LLM tools may not be listed as an author on any scholarly work published by Cambridge

  • Authors are accountable for the accuracy, integrity and originality of their research papers, including for any use of AI.

  • Any use of AI must not breach Cambridge’s plagiarism policy. Scholarly works must be the author’s own, and not present others’ ideas, data, words or other material without adequate citation and transparent referencing.

    Please note, individual journals may have more specific requirements or guidelines for upholding this policy.