Other sources

When using generative artificial intelligence, you need to ensure that your final submitted assessment is your own work, creation, and analysis.

Where you have used generative AI in developing your assessment (for example, in the development of ideas, problem solving, data analysis, significant writing feedback) you should acknowledge your use of it.

It is also essential that you provide details about where and how you have used it.

• First, read assessment instructions in your unit site or check with your Unit Chair whether you are allowed to use generative AI and how you are allowed to use it.
• Understand the limitations and the risks.
• Critically evaluate any output.
• Document how you used the tool and acknowledge this in your final submission.

Your acknowledgement should include:

• the name of the generative AI tool (you can also include the version, if known)
• the month and year you accessed it
• (where relevant) details of your prompts, the output, and precisely where in your assessment you have used generative AI. Discuss unit requirements with your Unit Chair.

This can go in an ‘Acknowledgements’ section and further details can be provided in an Appendix.

Examples adapted from: Bozkurt, A. (2024). GenAI et al.: Cocreation, authorship, ownership, academic ethics and integrity in a time of generative AI. Open Praxis, 16(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.55982/ openpraxis.16.1.654

Can I cite generative AI?

In most cases, citing AI-generated content as a primary source of information for an assessment is not acceptable. You will need to discuss unit rules and requirements with your Unit Chair.

All sources of information for assessment need to be evaluated for credibility. Cite recommended journal articles, books, websites and other reliable and credible sources.

If you have concluded that generative AI is an appropriate source to cite for your task, then it needs to be cited appropriately.

In all cases, you must acknowledge the use of generative AI as outlined above. In addition, you can cite as follows.

When acknowledging or citing the use of generative AI, do not humanise the tool. ChatGPT does not “discuss”, “report”, or “allege” as a human author does. Instead, simply acknowledge your use of the tool, when you used it and details of how you used it.

Footnotes

The following is interim guidance from the AGLC4 editors on citing AI tools:

• Use the AGLC4 rule 7.12 ‘Written correspondence’.
• Discursive text may be used in the footnote to provide information about the prompts used to generate the output, in accordance with AGLC rule 1.1.5.

An appendix may be used in order to provide comprehensive information about the series of prompts and outputs used to generate the final output.

Bibliography

"Written correspondence" sources are included in the bibliography (See AGLC4 rule 1.13), generally under the heading 'Other'.

In the case of AI tools, provide the creator's name and the recipient's name first.

For example:

• A source should be cited as an internet source only if it does not exist in print form.
• An author should only be cited if indicated on the webpage being cited, such as on a blog post. Where the author and web page are identical, the author should not be included.
• Include the document type: ‘Blog Post’, ‘Forum Post’ etc. Where the type is not clear, use ‘Web Page’.
• Where available, the full date of the last update of the webpage should be included. Where the full date is not provided, include as much of the full date as available.
• The date of retrieval is not included in the citation.
• Where the full URL is very long, and as long as the document can be easily located, you may provide the URL of the home page

• The author and body releasing the document should be identified. Where the author is the same as the body, the body should be omitted.
• Release type should be as on the document (e.g. Media Release, Press Statement). If there is no release type on the document, use ‘Media Release’.
• Only include a document number if it appears on the release. It may be abbreviated, but without full stops.

A URL may be included where it assists with retrieval.

• If an article appears in a named section of a newspaper and the section is independently paginated, the name of the section should be included in italics before the title of the newspaper.
• Where there is no listed author, begin with the title of the article.

Articles accessed online

• Electronic newspaper articles should only be cited where an identical print edition of the newspaper or the article cited does not exist.
• A date of retrieval is not required.

Television, radio and podcasts

• The full date should be included based on the time zone from which the podcast or radio segment originates. See AGLC rule 7.14.4.
• A URL may be added to aid retrieval.
• Pinpoint may be used, specifying the hour/minute/second of the episode.

Social media posts

• For Twitter accounts, ‘@’ should be included in the username.
• Where the social media post does not have a title, it should be omitted.