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Gen-AI acknowledgement

These recommendations are current as at July 2024. We may update or supplement these guidelines over time as tools evolve and practice recommendations for the use of Gen-AI develop.

 

Statement of acknowledgement of Gen-AI use

You must confirm whether the use of generative artificial intelligence (Gen-AI) has been explicitly allowed or required in your assessment task and how you may use it. Using Gen-AI to complete your assessment without explicit authorisation is a breach of academic integrity under University policy. 

When using Gen-AI in assessments, a statement of acknowledgement is required. Your course coordinator will provide guidance on how to acknowledge your use of Gen-AI in your assessment.  

In your acknowledgement you should provide: 

  • A written statement acknowledging the use of Gen-AI 

  • Specify what Gen-AI tools and technology were used 

  • Include a list of prompts used 

  • Explain how the outputs were used in your work 

For example:  

I acknowledge the use of [insert name of AI tool] to [insert description of usage]. The prompts used were [insert list of prompts]. The outputs generated from these prompts were used to XXX. 

In addition to your statement of acknowledgment you should also adhere to the relevant referencing guidelines for advice on how to cite the use of Gen-AI in your in-text references and bibliography. 

Citing Gen-AI

General rules

AGLC4 does not provide guidelines specifically for referencing generative artificial intelligence (Gen-AI)  but has offered interim guidance.

Citations to ChatGPT and other Gen-AI tools should follow:

Rule 7.12: Written correspondence

  • Type of correspondence, from Author to Recipient, Full Date, Pinpoint.
  • Text explaining the prompt that was used should be included in the footnote in accordance with rule 1.1.5. 
  • More comprehensive information (including the series of prompts and outputs used to generate the response) should be included in an appendix.
  •  Include in the bibliography under the "Other" heading (rule 1.13). In the case of ChatGPT, the creator's name and recipient should appear first.

Footnote

Output from ChatGPT, OpenAI to Jane Jones, 21 April 2023. The output was generated in response to the prompt, "What is the history of the University of Notre Dame Australia law school?": See below Appendix C.

Bibliography

OpenAI, ChatGPT to Jane Jones, Output, 20 May 2023