RGU Harvard Templates

Generative AI

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The use of generative AI within assignments must comply with RGU guidance. It is your responsibility to check your assignment brief and ensure that the use of AI tools is permitted within an assignment.

Any use of AI tools, including idea and content generation or helping you to plan or develop an assignment, must be acknowledged as a source. Instructions are given below on how to reference the legitimate use of text-based AI within assignments. Additional templates for referencing images created by Generative AI are also available.

Given how fast the AI landscape is changing, these instructions may be subject to change in the coming months.

Depending on the AI used, you may or may not be able to generate a shareable link to the AI output. If you can generate a shareable link then we recommend that you do so. As of June 2023 the free version of ChatGPT allows for sharable links.

Text Based AI

You can copy this URL to share a direct link to this referencing template:

Template

Please ensure that you follow the template exactly, including text formatting (CAPITALS, italics), and any punctuation.

NAME OF AI, Year of communication. Title. AI name response to Receiver of communication. Available from: URL [Accessed date].

Example

Citation
Paraphrasing / Summarising

(OpenAI ChatGPT 2023)

An OpenAI ChatGPT (2023) response suggested that...

Quoting

"..." (OpenAI ChatGPT 2023)

According to OpenAI ChatGPT (2023), "..."

Reference List

OPENAI CHATGPT, 2023. How can AI help radiographers assess mammograms? ChatGPT response to John Smith. Available from: https://chat.openai.com/share/94b5f581-dd73-41f5-8f22-f90b7bd08cbf [Accessed 02 August 2023].

You can copy this URL to share a direct link to this referencing template:

Template

Please ensure that you follow the template exactly, including text formatting (CAPITALS, italics), and any punctuation.

When you can't find a personal author, just use the organisation/owner of the website as the author.

Note: If it is possible for the Generative AI to generate a shared link then we recommend that you do so and reference using the appropriate template.

NAME OF AI, Year of communication. Medium of communication response to Receiver of communication, Day/Month of communication.

Example

Citation
Paraphrasing / Summarising

(Google Bard 2023)

A Google Bard (2023) response suggests that...

Quoting

"..." (Google Bard 2023)

According to Google Bard (2023), "..."

Reference List

GOOGLE BARD, 2023. Bard response to John Smith. 14 June.