Yes, it is also important to cite any uses of Generative AI that provide us with information. The format is the same whether the content generated is text, an image, or audiovisual material.
Use the following below as a guide as to how to use each element in your bibliography:
Author:
Title: use the prompt as the title, or a description of what was asked for when there are multiple prompts given. If it is a prompt of a question you are asking the tool, identify it as such between the "quotation marks" and the period.
Container: The name of the Generative AI platform used.
Version: The version of the AI platform used.
Publisher: The name of the company that made the tool.
Date: The date (day month year) the content was generated.
Location: The general URL of the generative AI tool.
Do NOT credit the AI tool as the author.
Examples:
“Describe the symbolism of the green light in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald” prompt. ChatGPT, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 8 Mar. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.
“Pointillist painting of a sheep in a sunny field of blue flowers” prompt, DALL-E, version 2, OpenAI, 8 Mar. 2023, labs.openai.com/.
Generative AI is also cited in your text when used, using a shortened version of your prompt as the title.
Example:
Paraphrased in Your Prose
In Mansfield Park, physical locations like Mansfield Park and Sotherton reflect the morality and choices of the people who live in them (“Describe the theme”).
Works-Cited-List Entry
“Describe the theme of nature in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park” prompt. ChatGPT, model GPT-4o, OpenAI, 23 Sept. 2024, chatgpt.com/share/66f1b0a0-d704-8000-be9a-85f53c850607.