Guidelines from APA
Key points (Aug 2025)
Where & How to Disclose
AI Use | Where & How to Disclose |
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Generate content (e.g. manuscript drafts, literature summaries) |
In the Introduction section |
Translate or copyedit text |
In a general author note |
Create or refine code; analyze, format, or visualize data; edit research methods/results |
In the Method section |
Create or edit figures, tables, or images |
In the section where visual content appears (e.g. Results) |
Suggested Practices
Example:
Conversation with an AI model | In-text citation & Reference list |
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In-text citation "ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, focuses on generating human-like text based on extensive internet-trained data, while Claude, developed by Anthropic, emphasizes safety and alignment through constitutional AI principles, aiming to reduce harmful outputs by adhering to a set of predefined ethical guidelines." (OpenAI, 2024) Reference list OpenAI. (2024). GPT-4o [Large language model]. https://poe.com/GPT-4o |
Examples:
Reference list |
OpenAI. (2024). GPT-4o [Large language model]. https://poe.com/GPT-4o Anthropic. (2024). Claude-3.5-Sonnet [Large language model]. https://poe.com/Claude-3.5-Sonnet Perplexity. (2024). Perplexity.ai [Large language model]. https://www.perplexity.ai/ OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat |
Guideline from APA
General Advice
Basic Format
For reference format of citing figures or images in general, you may also refer to APA guidelines on citing Clip Art or Stock Image References, Artwork references, and Sample figures.
Example
Conversation with an AI image generation model | Caption, In-text citation & Reference list |
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Figure 1 Night View Skyline Note. Image generated using the prompt "skyscraper buildings in Hong Kong, night view, oil painting," by Stability AI, Stable Diffusion XL, 2024 (https://poe.com/StableDiffusionXL). In-text citation: Figure 1 illustrates the intensity of Hong Kong's cityscape and its architectural character (Stability AI, 2024). Reference list: Stability AI. (2024). Stable Diffusion XL [AI image generation model]. https://poe.com/StableDiffusionXL |