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Generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Dall-E generate text or images in response to parameters entered by the user. See Using generative AI for more information.
You must verify that you are allowed to use generative AI before using it in your assessment and you must acknowledge its use.
Information about using and referencing generative AI tools will continue to be updated. Please check QUT cite|write regularly to keep up with any changes.
There are as yet no specific Harvard guidelines for citing ChatGPT or other generative AI tools. In the interim, use the most applicable option below.
Use this if the generated content is included in the assessment or an appendix or is otherwise accessible to the reader.
Note: For in-text citation purposes, the 'author' is the same as the publisher.
(Author Year)
(Microsoft 2024)
ChatGPT was used (OpenAI 2022) …
Images created by DALL-E (2023) of …
Title. Year. Place of publication: Publisher. Software: Platform.
Copilot. 2024. Redmond: Microsoft. Microsoft Copilot: Microsoft Windows.
ChatGPT. 2022. San Francisco: OpenAI. ChatGPT: Mac OS X.
DALL-E. 2023. San Francisco: OpenAI. DALL-E: Microsoft Windows.
Note: If the city is not known, omit this information.
If the generated content is not included in the assessment or an appendix or is otherwise not accessible to the reader, we recommend that you base your reference on the personal communication template. This requires that you acknowledge the source via an in-text citation only (as personal communications cannot be retrieved by the reader, you should not include them in the reference list).
Quantum computing uses quantum mechanics to process information (OpenAI's ChatGPT AI language model, response to a request to explain quantum computing, February 28, 2023).
OpenAI's ChatGPT AI language model (Response to a request to explain quantum computing, February 28, 2023) stated that…