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As part of using artificial intelligence responsibly and ethically, it is important to be transparent about how you have used generative AI in your academic work. If you have approval to use an AI tool, you’ll need to document your use of it by following your faculty's guidance. If you've not been given instructions on how to do this, see the librarian recommendations in the box below.

Here are some general principles for documenting AI-generated content:

• If you have used a gen AI tool for tasks like editing, translating, idea generation, and data processing, then you should acknowledge it by writing a description of the tool you used and how you used it.
• If you are paraphrasing or directly quoting gen AI content, then you will need to cite it following the guidance for the citation style used in your course or program (see the box to the left).
• Do not use sources that are cited by AI tools without reading those sources yourself (and citing them, rather than the gen AI tool!) This is because gen AI can create fake citations, or a citation may be real but the cited content may be incorrect. Remember that you are responsible for the accuracy of any gen AI content that you use in your work.

If your instructor has not given you explicit instructions for acknowledging your use of gen AI, here is a suggested strategy:

• Provide a statement detailing which gen AI tool (with its version number if available) you have used when preparing your work.
• Provide a short summary to describe how you used the tool, and how you adapted or developed its outputs.
• Take a screenshot of your prompts and the responses (text, image, video, etc.) from the gen AI tool, or use a shared link from the tool (see box below).

This can be included in the body of your work, or in an appendix at the end of your work.

Here's an example of an acknowledgement statement:

I acknowledge my use of Perplexity AI to brainstorm search terms and create an outline for my GSJ paper. I've included a shareable link to my prompts and the output. https://www.perplexity.ai/search/provide-search-terms-for-an-un-nw6c61zuQDWtFDi2qDi2Aw

Some tools have a function that allows for sharing your context with others. Look for a share link or icon in the tool such as this image from ChatGPT. These kinds of links can be helpful for documenting your gen AI usage.

It is important to note that if you delete the conversation that you shared from your account, it will break the link.