The Academic Committee has approved a document that provides Rules and Good Practices for Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Academic Work.
According to the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics), AI tools such as ChatGPT cannot be regarded as authors. They are not human and cannot therefore take responsibility for the work. Authors using AI tools remain fully responsible for the content of their text. They must be transparent and disclose which tools were used and how they were used.
Citing an AI tool implies that it is considered a source, which is debatable ("robots can't write"). Some authors argue that the use of AI should be explained in the methodology section of a paper. However, most citation styles now provide citation formats for AI-generated text (see below).
Most generative AI tools offer sharing options and allow to generate a link that gives access to a copy of the conversation. Browser extensions such as A.I.Archives also allow to create publicly shareable links.
You should explain how you used the tool (including the prompt) in the Methods section of your paper.
If you cannot provide a publicly available link, the Chicago Manual of Style recommends citing ChatGPT in a note or as an in-text citation, but not in the final bibliography or reference list.
Example note: 1. Text generated by ChatGPT-3.5, OpenAI, December 9, 2023, https://chat.openai.com/share/90b8137d-ff1c-4c0c-b123-2868623c4ae2
Example in-text citation: (ChatGPT-3.5, March 7, 2023)
Open AI, the company that developed ChatGPT, is considered to be the publisher or developer.
If you have edited the AI-generated text, you must indicate this (e.g. "edited for style and content").
The APA Style team think that citing specific AI chats can be useful when it is ethical and useful for readers. The author is the company responsible for developing the AI tool (OpenAI for ChatGPT, Google for Gemini...). The name of the AI tool can be general (Claude) or a particular model (Gemini 2.5.Flash).
Example
In-text citation: (Gemini, 2025)
Reference list: Google. (2025, May 22). High school grammar concepts overview [Generative AI chat]. Gemini 2.5 Flash. https://g.co/gemini/share/a1306ce12929
The date is the full date of the AI chat.