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APA Referencing Examples: Generative AI Tools

ChatGPT & Other AI Tools

Format

Corporate Author Name. (Year). Title in italic sentence case (Version number) [Format]. URL

Reference List

Microsoft Copilot & OpenAI. (2024). Copilot (DALL-E 3). [AI Image Generator]. https://copilot.microsoft.com/

OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Jun 2 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat

Perplexity. (2023). Perplexity.ai  [Conversational search engine]. https://www.perplexity.ai/search/Write-a-summary-GSUnNhUzSVCohWyt5wl1lw

In-Text

... (Microsoft Copilot & OpenAI, 2024).

OR

Microsoft Copilot and OpenAI (2024) ...

 

... (OpenAI, 2023).

OR

OpenAI (2023) ...

 

... (Perplexity, 2023).

OR

Perplexity (2023) ...

Notes

  • Italicise the title of the generative AI tool.
  • Provide the most specific date possible (e.g. 2020, May 2) for when the generative AI tool was used to create the output.
  • If possible, provide the version of the generative AI tool used.
  • Some AI tools have retrievable output, such as Perplexity.ai. In this example, the URL links to the output.
  • The information placed in the square brackets are to help the reader understand what is being cited. The description can be based on how the publishers describe the model.
  • For the latest guidelines on citing ChatGPT in APA, see the official guidelines here.