As generative AI continues to evolve so will the citation rules that each style requires. We suggest you check for any new updates or changes to the style when citing AI work. For the time being, content created by AI tools is being treated as personal communications. Below you will find helpful guides to citing in the different citation styles.
When using a citation generator, an issue with AI is that the algorithm knows the parts of the citation and will "hallucinate" a field if one can't be found from a document or doesn't know that the citation that is produced should reference a "real" existing document. This is becoming more prevalent in academics where students will put in AI generated sources, but upon further review the source doesn't actually exist even though it looked like a correct and credible citation.
Some professors are requiring their students to include the prompts they gave the AI tool to show how they refined their prompts as they went along.
Provides examples and explanations on how to cite works created with generative AI
Explains when you should cite AI and provides examples for MLA citations
This is a summary of what the Chicago Manual suggests. An important note from the article when citing AI for Chicago since they view it as a personal communication and those are non-retrievable, a full citation at the end of the paper is not necessary. Rather a footnote, endnote or parenthetical citation is all that is needed.