- Chicago Citation Style Examples, 17th editionPosted with permission from U.S. Conn Library, Wayne State College
Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
Chicago Style Citation for AI
According to Chicago Style, you must credit ChatGPT when you reproduce its words within your own work, but unless you include a publicly available URL, that information should be put in the text or in a note. DO NOT CITE AI TOOLS IN YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHY OR REFERENCE LIST. Other AI-generated text can be cited similarly.
Author-Date Format for In-text Chicago Style Citation:
“(ChatGPT, March 7, 2023).”
If the prompt hasn’t been included in the text, it can be included in the note:
1. ChatGPT, response to “Explain how to make pizza dough from common household ingredients,” OpenAI, March 7, 2023.
Endnote or Footnote on AI tool:
1. Text generated by ChatGPT, OpenAI, March 7, 2023, https://chat.openai.com/chat.
- Citing AI/ChatGPT in Chicago StyleNote: Chicago Style reccommends crediting ChatGPT and similar tools whenever you use the text that they generate in your own work. But for most types of writing, you can simply acknowledge the AI tool in your text.
- Citing AI-Generated Images/DALLE in Chicago StyleNote: Chicago Style recommends citing the organization in all AI-generated content as with any image that you did not create.
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Chicago Manual of Style
The Chicago Manual of Style by Call Number: 808.027 C532, 2017ISBN: 9780226287058Publication Date: 2017
