Citing ChatGTP From the APA style blog:
Reference structure: Author. (Date). Name of the model (Version date) [Addition discriptors]. Source.
Reference Example
OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat
You may be required to include the full text of a long response from ChatGTP in an appendix of your paper or in online supplemental materials. This will provide the readers with the exact text that was with you prompts to ChatGPT. Please see the example below from the APA Style Blog:
"When given a follow-up prompt of “What is a more accurate representation?” the ChatGPT-generated text indicated that “different brain regions work together to support various cognitive processes” and “the functional specialization of different regions can change in response to experience and environmental factors” (OpenAI, 2024; see Appendix A for the full transcript)."
How do I cite generative AI in MLA style?
Works Cited Examples
MLA format: “Text of prompt” prompt. ChatGPT, Day Month version, OpenAI, Day Month Year, https://chatgtp.com.
MLA Works Cited entry: “Explain the significance of the greem light to Gatsby” prompt. ChatGPT, 14 Nov. version, OpenAI, 14 Nov, 2024, https://chatgtp.com.
MLA in-text citation: ("Explain the green light").
Author
The MLA Style Guide does not recommend treating the AI tool as an author.
Title of Source
You should describe what the AI tool generated based on your prompt. You may be required to include the prompt in the Title of Source element, if it is not included in the text.
Title of the Container
Name of the AI tool (e.g. ChatGTP).
Version
Name of the Version of the AI tool (e.g. ChatGTPo).
Publisher
Name of the company that mae the AI tool (e.g. OpenAI)
Date
The date the content was generated.
Location
Give the general URL for the tool (e.g. https://chatgtp.com).
A numbered footnote or endnote:
1. Text generated by ChatGPT, OpenAI, November 14, 2024, https://chat.openai.com/chat.
If the prompt is not included in the text, it can be included in the notes:
1. ChatGPT, response to “Explain how the significance of the green light to Gatsby”, OpenAI, November 14, 2024.