Generative artificial intelligence, or generative AI, refers to technology that is capable of creating content like text, images, audio, etc. These generative works are tricky to cite because they cannot always be directly reproduced by another person using the same tool.
As a best practice, you should acknowledge your use of the generative AI tool in the methods section of your paper (or other relevant section if needed).
Many citation styles do not account for AI created content in their existing guidelines. The following example documents the most recent APA citation method:
Reference list
Publisher. (Year). Name of tool (Version name) [Additional description]. URL
OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat
In-text citation
(Publisher, Year)
(OpenAI, 2023)
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