Information on Academic Integrity
Using AI generated content and submitting it as your own work may be considered plagiarism. Detection software is improving and becoming more adept at detecting AI generated content. If you are found to have submitted plagiarised work, you could face significant consequences. Even if you are not caught, you are missing out on multiple learning opportunities, such as expanding your knowledge of the topic and receiving constructive feedback from your lecturer or supervisor.
Publishing poor quality work or research could negatively impact the scientific record and be damaging to your reputation.
In the current climate, where disinformation and misinformation are sometimes presented as fact, the public need to be able to trust scientists and researchers. Stories in the popular press about academics and researchers who are dishonest, damage the credibility of the research community.
Using writing tools such as Grammarly or using Gen AI as a writing assistant may be permitted in some circumstances. Any tools used to assist with writing must be agreed in advance with your lecturer or supervisor.
If you use Gen AI or AI assistive tools to help with any aspect of your work, including background research, creating an outline plan or just to get you started with writing, you should acknowledge the details of use in a separate methods section, appendices or as directed by your lecturer, supervisor or school policy.
You should write a description that provides as much detail as possible, including
Remember Gen AI is probabilistic, therefore even using the same prompt can deliver a different response each time its entered. There are some tools available that will record your chats, for example, ShareGPT and AIArchives. Both tools have limitations, please read the terms and conditions before using.
Referencing styles have different approaches to citing Gen AI. Below are examples of how some styles manage citing Gen AI. If the style you are required to use isn't here, contact your lecturer, supervisor or check in your module handbook for guidance. For more insight into citing Gen AI and AI assistive tools, please read this short article. Please note, all styles require you to include details of your prompts and outputs.
If you are unsure as to whether or not you need to cite a tool, you should confer with your supervisor or lecturer. For background information on this topic, please read this short article.
The links below provide more detail on how to cite correctly in using each style.
Uses the same method as it does for citing software. Include the name and creator of the tool in the author field. Include an in-text citation and in the corresponding the reference list. If you have a shareable link (from ShareGPT or AIArchive), include it in the citation. If you don't have a shareable link include the prompts and the generated output in the appendices, methods or as directed by your supervisor, lecturer of school policy. Include the URL for the tool.
Doesn't currently have a method of citing Gen AI. Practice suggests that you should follow the guidelines for citing software. If you have a shareable link (from ShareGPT or AIArchive), include it in the citation. If you don't have a shareable link include the prompts and the generated output in the appendices, methods or as directed by your supervisor, lecturer of school policy. Include the URL for the tool.
Leave the author field blank. Use the title field to details of the prompt. you're also required to include details of the product, version, company, dates and URL for the tool.
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