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Generative AI

  • Always refer to your assignment outline and be guided by your lecturer's instructions before using generative AI tools. It is a breach of Academic Integrity to falsify that Generative AI is your work. This is considered plagiarism.
  • It is a breach of Academic Integrity to use Generative AI for assessment tasks if you have not been instructed to use it or gained permission from your lecturer to use it.
  • Always ensure that the final product is your own work and not copied directly from AI generated content.
  • In most cases, it is unlikely you will cite generative AI as a primary source. Generative AI is a tool used to prompt research (much like using Wikipedia), which will lead to further research from credible sources.
  • Cite a generative AI tool every time you use one in your work, whether paraphrasing, quoting or using any generated content in your own work. It is a breach of Academic Integrity not to acknowledge this source just like it is with any other source you have used in your assessment.
  • If you have used an AI tool to edit, translate, or any other functional use, acknowledge this by using notes within your text or another location somewhere in your work as instructed by your lecturer.
  • If you ask a generative AI tool to create a work, like a poem or summary, you must acknowledge that you did not write it.
  • Not all references/ sources used by AI tools are legitimate or current- take the time to check and evaluate the purpose, audience, credibility, accuracy and currency. Don't just assume they are correct or a real information source.
  • ALWAYS include the prompt and generated text as an Appendix at the end of your assessment.

 

 

APA Referencing Template

Author of model: The name of the company who made the software- eg the author of Bing AI Chat is Microsoft

Date: The year of the version you used

Title: The name of the AI generator

Version: Software is always being updated. Name the version of the AI tool in the format the company provides, bracketed after the title- eg. (ChatGTP 3.5) or (Mar 14 version)

Type or Description: Additional description when needed. This is to briefly describe the kind of model- eg. (Large language model) for ChatGPT or (Large multimodal model) for ChatGPT- 4

Source: If the publisher and the author are the same, do not include this element

URL: Give the link that references the generated content as closely as possible. Some AI Tools provide a unique URL for the conversation; use this. If the software doesn't provide a unique URL, use the general URL for the AI Tool

Appendix: Include a print out of the generated content as an appendix to your assessment. Remember to check the order that an appendix must appear in your academic paper.

Reference List

McAdoo, T. (2023, April 7). How to cite ChatGPT. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/how-to-cite-chatgpt

University of Newcastle Library Guides. (2023). Generative AI such as ChatGPT. https://libguides.newcastle.edu.au/apa-7th/other#s-lib-ctab-21210441-12

The University of Queensland Library. (2023). ChatGPT and other generative AI tools. https://guides.library.uq.edu.au/referencing/chatgpt-and-generative-ai-tools