Chicago 17th edition notes and bibliography

Confirm with your course coordinator or check your course profile before using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your assessment. Some assessment pieces do not permit the use of AI tools, while others may allow AI with some limitations. If you use AI in your assessment without permission or appropriate acknowledgment it may be considered Academic Misconduct.

Any permitted use of AI for assessment must be acknowledged appropriately. Your course coordinator will provide guidance on how to reference the use of AI tools. Some examples include:  

• an assignment coversheet 
• citing or referencing in the text or list of references
• inclusion in your methodology
• an appendix including a full transcript of any prompts and AI-generated responses.

AI models sometimes produce incorrect, biased or outdated information. Verify the accuracy of AI-generated content using reliable sources before including it in your work.

Additionally, there may be legal or ethical issues to consider when using AI. Works created by non-humans are not eligible for copyright protection under Australian law. If you intend to publish work incorporating AI-generated content, check the publisher guidelines about what is allowed.

When interacting with AI models, you should be cautious about supplying sensitive information, including personal, confidential or propriety information or data.

 Find out more about AI and the University of Queensland.

Where an assignment requires the use of AI tools to be cited, you must reference all content from AI tools that you include. Failure to reference externally sourced, non-original work can result in Academic misconduct.

References should provide clear and accurate information for each source and should identify where they have been used in your work.

Content from AI tools is not always easy to share or replicate using the same prompt. If the AI tool provides a shareable link, you should use this when you acknowledge your use of AI.

The Chicago Manual of Style Online provides guidance on citing and documenting sources derived from artificial intelligence.

In-text

When using an author-date style, you should include the author of the AI model and date in parentheses unless it is mentioned in-text e.g. (Microsoft Copilot, 30 July 2024).

Note

Author, response to [prompt], Publisher, Day Month Year.

1. ChatGPT, response to "Describe the symbolism of the green light in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald,” OpenAI, 7 February 2023.

2. Text generated from ChatGPT, OpenAI, 7 February 2023.

If you have included your prompt in-text there is no need to repeat it in the note.

You should acknowledge that you used AI in submitted assessment, including where you have directly quoted or paraphrased AI-generated content or used tools to summarise readings, brainstorm ideas, plan your process, or for editing or proofreading purposes. It is recommended that you use an assignment coversheet to acknowledge your use of AI tools.

You should include the following information when acknowledging the use of AI tools:

• AI tool (e.g. Copilot, Chat-GPT, Claude, Google AI)
• description of how you used the tool (e.g. edited/corrected/translated/planned/brainstormed)
• prompt(s) used
• part, section or page of the assessment piece
• date.

Machine Translation for assignments provides more detailed guidance for acknowledging the use of translation tools.

Example coversheet

This coversheet is an example of good practice in acknowledging the use of AI tools. Courses across UQ may have specific guidance you should follow on how to acknowledge the use of AI.

Acknowledgment

Yes. AI and/or machine translation tools have been used to generate material in this document.

Details of use

Different publishers are taking different approaches to whether AI is allowed. If you are writing for publication, you should check the publisher's information for authors.

 Find out more about publishing and AI.