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Citing Your Sources: How to cite AI

Provide information and how to regarding citation/referencing.

Citing AI tools

How to cite AI in MLA format

Whether you have used information in some form, copied a definition, generated an image, or asked for code, the content you use from AI tools such as ChatGPT, Dall-E 2, Midjourney, or any other AI program must be cited including AI for translation. 

MLA citation of AI

Works Cited Format

"text of prompt" prompt. AI tool, Day Month. version, company/developer, Day Month Year, URL

"How have the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes held up over the last 75 years?" prompt. ChatGPT, 23 Mar. version, OpenAI, 24 April 2023, chat.openai.com/chat

In-text ("How have the economic")