Citing AI

Whether AI should be cited or not and how it should be cited has been a controversial subject in education. Currently, you as the instructor can make the call as to how and if you want AI to cited in student work. Below is the current recommendations from the most commonly used writing styles at Everett Community College. We expect these recommendations to continue to change.

APA (American Psychological Associate)

APA is recommending: deferring to instructors. Recommends using "personal communication" citations for non-retrievable data.

APA Style: How to cite ChatGPT Links to an external site.

MLA (Modern Language Association)

MLA is recommending: 1) cite a generative AI tool whenever you paraphrase, quote, or incorporate into your own work any content that was created by it 2) acknowledge all functional uses of the tool (like editing your prose or translating words) in a note, your text, or another suitable location 3) vet the secondary sources it cites.

How do I cite generative AI in MLA style? Links to an external site.

Chicago Style

Chicago Style is recommending: "you must credit ChatGPT when you reproduce its words within your own work, but that information should be put in the text or in a note—not in a bibliography or reference list. Other AI-generated text can be cited similarly. Check back with us for updates on this evolving topic.

The Chicago Manual of Style Online: Citation, Documentation of Sources Links to an external site.

Other Perspectives

Instructors may expect students to use AI in their class and do not require reference or citation.