Cite when an AI tool was used to:

• Gather information
• Write text
• Edit Text
• Synthesize ideas or find connections
• Clean/manipulate data

Authors are responsible for all content in their work. As AI cannot be held responsible it is generally not considered an author. If AI is used in the creation of an academic paper in any way, it should be cited in the text and references and/or in the acknowledgements.

• Tool name and version (e.g., ChatGPT 3.5)
• Time and date of usage
• Prompt or query
• Response
• Follow up queries and responses
• Name of person who queried

Be sure to verify information provided by generative AI tools. Checking for reputable sources that confirm generative AI tools' outputs will make it less likely you end up using false or misleading information. It would also be a good idea to cite these sources in your work, in addition to attributing your use of generative AI. That way, you can give credit to authors and institutions instead of just AI tools, which are trained on human-generated information in the first place.

For more information about generative AI tools and the accuracy of the information they provide, see this article from MIT Sloan: When AI Gets It Wrong: Addressing AI Hallucinations and Bias

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Citation management tools such as Zotero and Mendeley do not yet have "AI tools" as an item type. If you do not know which style you are using yet, use the "software" designation to save AI-generated content. You may also use the "website" item type. Add the name of the person who used the tool in the "extra" field. This is not used in any style currently, but is an important piece of metadata.

Once you decide which citation style you are using, you may need to edit the Zotero/Mendeley entry.