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Artificial Intelligence tools

Artificial Intelligence tools

Please check with your subject's Lead educator before using any Artificial Intelligence tools in your work.

For more information, see the University's Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) webpage.

Australian Harvard style is based on the Australian Government Style Manual (AGSM). There are currently no specific guidelines for citing generative AI in the AGSM. The library recommends following the APA 7th referencing 'Author/Date' style for generative AI content.

General format

The APA advises that artificial intelligence tools should be referenced using the software referencing format as follows. 

 

Author.  (YYYY). Name of software (Version name) [Type of AI model]. URL

 

Author The author is the developer of the product, e.g. OpenAI 
Year Add the year the version of the software was released.
Name of software Add the name of the software, e.g. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Litmaps.
Version name Add the version name of the tool you used. This could be a date, version number, edition or name.
Type of AI model Add a description of the type of AI model, e.g. large language model, image generator, code generation tool, audio generation tool.
URL Add the website URL to access the tool.

Although the APA advises students to use the software reference type, assessments may require a different reference list format. For example, you may be required to reference individual chats on different dates and include a link to each chat in the reference list. 

Please follow your educator's instructions on referencing artificial intelligence tools in the context of assignments.

Examples

ChatGPT

OpenAI.  (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat 

Claude

Anthropic.  (2023). Claude (Oct 8 version) [Large language model]. https://www.anthropic.com/

DALL-E 3

OpenAI.  (2023). DALL-E (Oct 8 version) [Image generator]. https://openai.com/index/dall-e-3/

Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft.  (2023). Copilot (Version 1.0) [Large language model]. https://copilot.microsoft.com/

Style notes

  • Do not cite as personal communication. APA uses the Software reference list format.
  • Add an in-text citation and reference list entry.
  • For psychology reports, add a description of how you used the tool in your Method section or Introduction.