5. Citing the Use of GenAI Tools

As will be covered in the next chapter, there are many concerns over intellectual property, plagiarism, authorship, and citing sources that come into play when using GenAI tools.

However, standards are emerging about how to cite the use of GenAI in research for a project. You can view information about how to reference its use in different citation styles:

Since the responses of a GenAI can vary each time it is used, some propose adding a transcript of each conversation used in the research as a appendix to the work. This makes transparent the information that was obtained from the GenAI.