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Metro State Writing Center

Drafted fall 2025

Using GAI tools for composing

  • Check syllabi for guidelines, as permissions for using GAI are up to instructors
  • It is a violation of academic integrity to include references to nonexistent sources; any submitted material generated by GAI must be declared and all its references verified. A GAI is not an author, it is a tool that is employed by humans.

All examples are for ChatGPT, but format is applicable to any GAI tool.

APA

Useful Links

  • (apastyle.apa.org/blog/how-to-cite-chatgpt)
  • APA Publishing Policies on GAI (apa.org/pubs/journals/resources/publishing-tips/policy-generative-ai)

In-Text Citation Example

鈥攓uoted from How to Cite ChatGPT

When prompted with 鈥淚s the left brain right brain divide real or a metaphor?鈥 the ChatGPT-generated text indicated that although the two brain hemispheres are somewhat specialized, 鈥渢he notation that people can be characterized as 鈥榣eft-brained鈥 or 鈥榬ight-brained鈥 is considered to be an oversimplification and a popular myth鈥 (OpenAI, 2023).

Reference Entry

OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model].

MLA

Useful Links

  • (style.mla.org/citing-generative-ai/)
  • (style.mla.org/tag/ai/)

In-Text Citation Example

鈥攓uoted from 鈥淗ow Do I Cite Generative AI鈥

While the green light in The Great Gatsby might be said to chiefly symbolize four main things: optimism, the unattainability of the American dream, greed, and covetousness (鈥淒escribe the symbolism鈥), arguably the most important鈥攖he one that ties all four themes together鈥攊s greed.

Works Cited Entry

鈥淒escribe the symbolism of the green light in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald鈥 prompt. ChatGPT, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 8 Mar. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.

Chicago

Useful Link

For GAI advice, see CMOS section 14.112 in The Chicago Manual of Style Online 18th edition (CMOS): access through the Metro Library using Star ID.

In-Text Only Citation Examples

The following recipe for pizza dough was generated by ChatGPT.

Pizza dough can be made from the following common household ingredients (ChatGPT, March 7, 2023).

Examples Using Footnotes or Endnotes

Here鈥檚 a recipe for pizza dough.1

Note

  1. ChatGPT, response to 鈥淓xplain how to make pizza dough from common household ingredients,鈥 OpenAI, March 7, 2023.

The following recipe for pizza dough was generated by ChatGPT.1

Note

  1. Text generated by ChatGPT, OpenAI, March 7, 2023, https://chat.openai.com/chat.

The following recipe for pizza dough was generated by ChatGPT.1

Note

  1. ChatGPT, response to 鈥淓xplain how to make pizza dough from common household ingredients,鈥 OpenAI, March 7, 2023.

Resources

  • The AI section of this Macalester College Library Resource:
  • MLA-CCCC Joint Task Force on Writing and AI: