If you directly quote material, put quote marks around it, followed by the author, page number if applicable, and year of publication in parenthesis. If you are not directly quoting the material but are using it in your own synthesis of thoughts, follow the paragraph with the author and year of publication in parenthesis.
Author: eg, The author of the model is OpenAI.
Date: The date is the year of the version you used. You need to include only the year, not the exact date. The version number provides the specific date information a reader might need.
Title: The name of the AI tool serves as the title and is italicized in your reference. Although OpenAI labels unique iterations (i.e., ChatGPT-3, ChatGPT-4), they are using “ChatGPT” as the general name of the model, with updates identified with version numbers.
The reference and in-text citations for ChatGPT are formatted as follows:
OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat
You may also put the full text of long responses from ChatGPT in an appendix of your paper or in online supplemental materials, so readers have access to the exact text that was generated. It is particularly important to document the exact text created because ChatGPT will generate a unique response in each chat session, even if given the same prompt. If you create appendices or supplemental materials, remember that each should be called out at least once in the body of your APA Style paper.
Describe how you used the tool in your Method section or in a comparable section of your paper. For literature reviews or other types of essays or response or reaction papers, you might describe how you used the tool in your introduction.
Example:
When prompted with “Is the left brain right brain divide real or a metaphor?” the ChatGPT-generated text indicated that although the two brain hemispheres are somewhat specialized, “the notation that people can be characterized as ‘left-brained’ or ‘right-brained’ is considered to be an oversimplification and a popular myth” (OpenAI, 2023).
Reference
OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat
Example:
When given a follow-up prompt of “What is a more accurate representation?” the ChatGPT-generated text indicated that “different brain regions work together to support various cognitive processes” and “the functional specialization of different regions can change in response to experience and environmental factors” (OpenAI, 2023; see Appendix A for the full transcript).
Reference
OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat
To cite AI tools for media, include a caption that specifies or summarizes what you used to create it and when.
Create a caption under the image or figure.
Fig. 1. “A blue sky”
Craiyon. (2023). Craiyon LLC (Aug 16 2023 version) [Text-to-image model]. https://www.craiyon.com/
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