Artificial intelligence tools

How do you reference AI content?

Referencing style guidance is being developed by the official bodies, and this is interim advice until formal notes can be added.

If you are discussing the software or program itself - use Software or App.
If you are referencing the content output of the program - use Personal Communication as the content output is not accessible or retrievable by others. Any link to the actual source cannot be accessed by others.

The innovation of this bridge is due to the work of ... [1].

Dr. James Miller has been credited for building the ... [3].

Reference number. AI tool, private communication, Mon. Year

1. OpenAI's ChatGPT, private communication, Apr. 2023

If you are discussing the software or program itself - use Software or App.
If you are referencing ChatGPT’s DELL and other generative AI image tools - use Personal Communication as the content output is not accessible or retrievable by others. Any link to the actual source cannot be accessed by others.

I have used generative artificial intelligence to generate an image of an engineer at the site of a recently completed bridge. See [3. Fig. 2.].

Fig. # Prompt. Name of the AI tool, private communication, Date created.

Fig. 2 Engineer inspecting a bridge. Openart.ai’s Midjourney, private communication, 17 May 2023.