Citing AI-generated content is important within the context of Academic life. This guide gives examples of four major citation systems and how they handle citing AI-generated content as of 1/16/2025. At Randolph College, not citing AI-generated content will be treated as an honor code violation. Many AI tools will have disclaimers referencing how the tool can "hallucinate" facts or give misleading information. The data given by AI tools can be outdated based on when the training set of data was pulled. Citing AI-generated content can be difficult as the same prompt can generate different responses. When in doubt, ask your professor their preference.
To cite AI generated texts in the APA style for your reference page:
Author. (Date).Title (Month Day version) [Additional Descriptions ]. Source
The author is the creator of the algorithm. The title is the name of the AI tool.
Intext citation: (Author, year)
Source: https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/how-to-cite-chatgpt
To cite AI generated texts in the CSE style for intext citation:
(Author, Format, Day Month Year)
The citation should be intext in the CSE style and treated as a personal communication. Don't place the citation in work cited page.
To cite AI Generated texts in the MLA style for your reference page:
“Text of prompt” prompt. Title of Container, Day Month version, publisher of tool, Day Month Year, location.
The Title of Container refers to the name of the AI tool. Location is the URL.
Intext Citation: ("Text of prompt")
To cite AI generated texts in the Chicago Style for intext citation:
(footnote) 1. Text generated by ???, company, date, URL.
The citation should be intext or a footnote in Chicago style. Don't place in work cited page unless publicly accessible link can be found.
Intext citation (author-date): (Tool name, month day, year)
source: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/Documentation/faq0422.html
