AI Disclosure Statement and Declaration Generator
Most universities ask you to name each AI tool you used, say what you used it for, and say how you checked or changed what it produced. Pick your university to get its own AI declaration filled in, a reference for the tool in APA, Harvard or MLA, and the records to keep, free and without signing up.
Formats from 19 universities, checked 4 October 2026 against each university's own page. If your assessment brief gives different wording, use that.
Make your declaration
Litrevu summary. Not any university's format: the common elements Leeds, UCL, UTS and Melbourne ask for.
General format (Litrevu summary)Litrevu summary
Declaration of AI use
I acknowledge the use of ChatGPT (OpenAI, https://chatgpt.com/) [say what you used it for].
I checked what it produced by [how you checked it].
Where it goes: Follow your brief. Many universities put it after the reference list under the heading Declaration.
Source: Acknowledging use of Generative AI (University of Leeds) (checked 4 October 2026); Acknowledging and referencing GenAI (UCL Library Skills), updated 29 July 2026 (checked 4 October 2026); Referencing and acknowledging GenAI (UTS Library), updated 2 September 2026 (checked 4 October 2026); Acknowledging AI tools and technologies (University of Melbourne Academic Skills) (checked 4 October 2026)
Your assessment brief, module guide or supervisor comes first.
OpenAI. ([year]). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com/
In the text: (OpenAI, [year])
APA (September 2025): no version number by default, and the year is the year the tool was last updated; if you are unsure, use the year on the tool's site. A share link and a chat description switch this to APA's format for a specific chat. Sources: Citing generative AI in APA Style: Part 1, Reference formats (APA Style blog, 9 September 2025), AI references (APA Style).
Keep these while you work, so you can show your process if you are asked.
Sources: Melbourne, Monash, UQ, Pretoria (Q3), Dundee, UKZN (clause 6.9.2), RMIT
Sources: Monash
Sources: Monash, Dundee, UTS, Cambridge HSS, UCL
If an AI tool suggested references, check they exist in the Reference Checker.
Sources: UKZN (clause 6.8.7), Stellenbosch, UQ, MLA
Working from a set of papers? Litrevu answers questions from the papers you add to it, and every citation opens the passage it came from, so you can check each point. Free to start with up to 20 papers, no card. Litrevu is in the tool list above, so you can declare it too.
Start a free libraryWhat an AI declaration asks for
University formats differ in layout, but most ask for the same five things. Each links the universities that ask for it.
| What | What to write | Asked for by |
|---|---|---|
| The tool, who makes it and a link | The tool's name, the company behind it and its web address. Some formats also want the version or model. | Leeds, UCL, Glasgow, Canberra, Cambridge HSS, NWU |
| What you used it for | Brainstorming, explaining concepts, editing, translating, coding and so on. | Melbourne, Monash, Leeds, UTS, UQ, Pretoria, UKZN, Wits, Stellenbosch |
| Where in your work | Which sections or parts it touched. | Monash, UQ, Stellenbosch (assessment table), NWU |
| How you checked or changed the output | What you rewrote, fact-checked or left out. | Cambridge HSS, UTS, Monash, Dundee, UKZN |
| Your prompts, or that you can show them | The prompts themselves, or a note that a full record is available on request. | Cambridge HSS, Pretoria, Dundee, UQ, Melbourne |
Where it goes
It depends on the university. Melbourne puts it after the reference list under the heading Declaration, and Canberra after the reference list. King's asks for it with your references. UCL wants an appendix or methods section, Leeds an Acknowledgements or Declarations section, and Oslo's science faculty the start of the assignment. UKZN and the Wits Faculty of Science want the front section. Melbourne and UCL leave it out of the word count unless your brief says otherwise.
University formats
Each format below comes from the university's own page or document, linked, with the date we last checked it. The status says how the university itself describes it: some are rules, some are samples or suggestions, and a few belong to one faculty.
| University | Format | Status | Where it goes | AI in the reference list? | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UKZN | AI Declaration (Appendix A) | Required for all student work | In the front section of the assignment, dissertation or thesis (clause 6.9.4). | Not as a source | 4 October 2026 |
| UP | Generative AI declaration form (Appendix B) | Required with every assignment | On UP's form, submitted with each assignment. | Follow your style | 4 October 2026 |
| Wits | Faculty of Science postgraduate AI declaration (Appendix B) | Faculty form, postgraduate | Signed, in the front matter of your thesis, dissertation or research report at first submission. | Follow your style | 4 October 2026 |
| Wits | Faculty of Health Sciences AI declaration of use (Appendix B) | Faculty form | Signed, with the first submission of your thesis, dissertation or research report; the chat itself may be added as an addendum to the appendix. | Follow your style | 4 October 2026 |
| Stellenbosch | Internal Student Declaration for the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools | Internal record with your supervisor | Kept as a record you discuss and sign with your supervisor. | Not as a source | 4 October 2026 |
| Stellenbosch | AI use declaration (Table 3, draft interim guidelines) | Draft guidelines, 2023 | With the AI use checklist (section 4.2 of the guidelines) and the plagiarism declaration when you submit. | Not as a source | 4 October 2026 |
| NWU | AI Use and Plagiarism Declaration | University template | With your submission: Part 1 if you used no AI tools, Part 2 if you did, signed. | Follow your style | 4 October 2026 |
| UCT | Plagiarism declaration item 4, adapted for AI (UCT Libraries example) | Library example | As item 4 of the plagiarism declaration your course uses. | Follow your style | 4 October 2026 |
| Cambridge HSS | Declaration of the use of Generative AI (sample rubric) | Sample rubric | Where your department's assessment guidance says. | Follow your style | 4 October 2026 |
| King's | Declaration statement | Required unless your brief says otherwise | With your references. | Not as a source | 4 October 2026 |
| UCL | Acknowledgement of GenAI use | Library guidance | In an appendix or methods section, at the beginning or end of the work; not counted in the word count unless your programme says so. | Not as a source | 4 October 2026 |
| Leeds | Acknowledgement of Gen AI use | Minimum requirement | In an Acknowledgements or Declarations section. | Follow your style | 4 October 2026 |
| Glasgow | Acknowledgement of Gen AI use | Suggested template | Where your course guidelines say. | Follow your style | 4 October 2026 |
| Dundee | Statement of acknowledgement and description | Required statements | In your submission, as your module leader directs. | Yes, when you use its output | 4 October 2026 |
| Melbourne | Declaration | Template | At the end, after the reference list and before any appendices, under the heading Declaration. It need not start a new page and is generally not in the word count. | Yes, when you use its output | 4 October 2026 |
| Monash | Acknowledgement of AI use (suggested format) | Suggested format | In the acknowledgement section your assessment instructions set out (Monash's example calls it Part B). | Yes, when you use its output | 4 October 2026 |
| UQ | AI acknowledgement coversheet | Library coversheet | On the coversheet with your assessment, unless your course coordinator gives a template. | Yes, when you use its output | 4 October 2026 |
| Canberra | GenAI Acknowledgement Statement | Required statement | After the reference list, unless your assessment instructions say otherwise. | Yes, when you use its output | 4 October 2026 |
| UTS | Acknowledgement of GenAI use | Library template | Where your tutor or subject coordinator says. | Follow your style | 4 October 2026 |
| RMIT | Acknowledgement of AI tools | Library template | In the body or methods section of your work, with an entry for each tool in your reference list. | Yes, for each tool you used | 4 October 2026 |
| Oslo | Declaration of the use of generative artificial intelligence | Faculty suggestion | At the beginning of the assignment. | Follow your style | 4 October 2026 |
South Africa
UKZN AI declaration (Appendix A)
AI Declaration (Appendix A)
Required for all student workApplies to all student work: option a) if you did not use AI, b) with the areas you used it in, and c) if you used it in your methodology, then your name and student number. You delete what does not apply.
Source: Principles and Guidelines on the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools in Academic Work, SE/01/0312/24 (UKZN), approved by Senate 3 December 2024, effective 1 January 2025. Checked 4 October 2026.
University of Pretoria Generative AI declaration form
Generative AI declaration form (Appendix B)
Required with every assignmentCompleted with every assignment, AI or not: your details, a yes or no, your prompts, the type of use, an ethical use paragraph and why you used AI.
Source: UP AI T&L Guide for Lecturers, Appendix B (University of Pretoria), © 2025, Version 9; AI and Academic Integrity (University of Pretoria Library), updated 4 February 2026. Checked 4 October 2026.
Wits AI declarations (Science and Health Sciences)
Faculty of Science postgraduate AI declaration (Appendix B)
Faculty form, postgraduateDid or did not use, ten categories to tick, a table for other uses and a confirmation for AI used in your research design, signed in the front matter at first submission.
Source: Faculty of Science student AI guidelines, Appendix B (Wits), file dated 21 July 2025; AI Policy, G-C-2026-030 (Wits), version 2.2, presented at Senate 6 November 2025. Checked 4 October 2026.
Faculty of Health Sciences AI declaration of use (Appendix B)
Faculty formUses the same ten categories for coursework and research, and lets you add the chat itself as an addendum to the appendix.
Source: Faculty of Health Sciences Student Guide to Responsible use of AI for Learning, Appendix B (Wits), 21 October 2025. Checked 4 October 2026.
Stellenbosch University AI declarations
Internal Student Declaration for the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools
Internal record with your supervisorAn internal declaration that a postgraduate discusses and signs with their supervisor: one box for no use beyond basic spelling or grammar help, or ten purposes to tick and a table for other uses.
Source: Internal Student Declaration for the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools (Stellenbosch University), file created 26 November 2025; Draft interim SU guidelines on allowable AI use and academic integrity in assessment (Stellenbosch University), file dated 23 August 2023. Checked 4 October 2026.
AI use declaration (Table 3, draft interim guidelines)
Draft guidelines, 2023The 2023 draft interim guidelines recommend an AI use table (system, what for, where, and to what extent and why the work is still yours) and the AI use checklist that follows it, with the plagiarism declaration.
Source: Draft interim SU guidelines on allowable AI use and academic integrity in assessment (Stellenbosch University), file dated 23 August 2023. Checked 4 October 2026.
NWU AI Use and Plagiarism Declaration
AI Use and Plagiarism Declaration
University templatePart 1 if you used no AI tools (including Grammarly, QuillBot and translation tools), Part 2 if you did, in nine sections from the tool's name to your signature.
Where it goes: With your submission: Part 1 if you used no AI tools, Part 2 if you did, signed.
In the reference list: NWU's declaration says no part may be copied, paraphrased or reproduced from any source, AI tools included, without appropriate citation.
Source: AI Use and Plagiarism Declaration (North-West University), file dated 25 February 2026. Checked 4 October 2026.
UCT: adapting the plagiarism declaration for AI
Plagiarism declaration item 4, adapted for AI (UCT Libraries example)
Library exampleUCT has no university-wide student form. UCT Libraries show how to adapt a plagiarism declaration: item 4 says your use of AI software has been limited to what you specify.
Where it goes: As item 4 of the plagiarism declaration your course uses.
In the reference list: Follow the referencing convention your course uses; the plagiarism declaration names it.
Source: Student plagiarism declaration example (UCT Libraries), updated 23 June 2026; UCT Libraries plagiarism declaration example (image); UCT AI in Education Framework (June 2025). Checked 4 October 2026.
United Kingdom
Cambridge HSS AI declaration (sample rubric)
Declaration of the use of Generative AI (sample rubric)
Sample rubricA sample rubric from the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences that departments might wish to adopt: five questions, from the permitted use you are acknowledging to how you changed the output. Your department may give its own.
Where it goes: Where your department's assessment guidance says.
In the reference list: Follow your department's referencing guidance.
Source: Template declaration of the use of generative artificial intelligence (School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Cambridge), 11 September 2025; HSS declaration template (Word). Checked 4 October 2026.
King's College London AI declaration statement
Declaration statement
Required unless your brief says otherwiseTwo statements, unless your brief gives other wording: Statement 1 if no part was generated by AI (grammar and spell checking is consistent with it), or Statement 2 followed by the uses you acknowledge, grouped (i) to (iii).
Where it goes: With your references.
In the reference list: King's does not require you to reference generative AI as an authoritative source in your reference list; the declaration goes with your references instead.
Source: Guidance for students on generative AI (King's College London), last updated April 2025. Checked 4 October 2026.
UCL AI acknowledgement
Acknowledgement of GenAI use
Library guidanceA minimum of the tool's name and version, publisher, web address and a one-sentence description, in an appendix or methods section. Your department may ask for prompts, dates, outputs or how you changed them.
Where it goes: In an appendix or methods section, at the beginning or end of the work; not counted in the word count unless your programme says so.
In the reference list: UCL favours leaving AI tools out of the reference list, unless your department or a required referencing style such as APA asks for an entry.
Source: Acknowledging and referencing GenAI (UCL Library Skills), updated 29 July 2026; Harvard: generative AI (UCL Library). Checked 4 October 2026.
Leeds AI acknowledgement
Acknowledgement of Gen AI use
Minimum requirementA minimum of name and version, publisher, web address and one sentence on how you used it, in an Acknowledgements or Declarations section.
Where it goes: In an Acknowledgements or Declarations section.
In the reference list: Leeds explains Leeds Harvard and Leeds Numeric AI references on its Library referencing pages.
Source: Acknowledging use of Generative AI (University of Leeds). Checked 4 October 2026.
Glasgow AI acknowledgement
Acknowledgement of Gen AI use
Suggested templateFour elements: the tool, its version and publisher, how you used it, and what is your own original work.
Where it goes: Where your course guidelines say.
In the reference list: Glasgow says AI referencing differs between referencing styles: check the Library's page for yours.
Source: Generative AI guidance for students (University of Glasgow). Checked 4 October 2026.
Dundee AI acknowledgement statement
Statement of acknowledgement and description
Required statementsOne of five statements, from No content generated by AI technologies has been presented as my own work to output included unmodified, then your prompts, the output and how you adapted it.
Where it goes: In your submission, as your module leader directs.
In the reference list: Dundee says most referencing styles require you to cite AI; where yours has no guidance, cite it as a personal communication.
Source: Use of generative artificial intelligence: students (University of Dundee), updated 1 November 2024. Checked 4 October 2026.
Australia
Melbourne AI declaration
Declaration
TemplateA declaration under the heading Declaration after your reference list: the tools you used, how you used their outputs, and whether a full record of prompts and outputs is available.
Where it goes: At the end, after the reference list and before any appendices, under the heading Declaration. It need not start a new page and is generally not in the word count.
In the reference list: If you quote or paraphrase AI output, Melbourne asks you to cite it and list it in your reference list as well.
Source: Acknowledging AI tools and technologies (University of Melbourne Academic Skills). Checked 4 October 2026.
Monash AI acknowledgement
Acknowledgement of AI use (suggested format)
Suggested formatOne sentence per tool: the tool and its link, how you used it, the number of iterations or drafts, and how you modified the outputs. Your Chief Examiner may set a Part B section instead.
Source: Acknowledging the use of AI (Monash University AI hub), last updated February 2026. Checked 4 October 2026.
UQ AI acknowledgement coversheet
AI acknowledgement coversheet
Library coversheetA coversheet with a yes or no box and a table of tool, use, prompts, section and date, for courses that have not given their own template.
Where it goes: On the coversheet with your assessment, unless your course coordinator gives a template.
In the reference list: UQ asks you to cite AI use in your referencing style, and to cite the original sources directly when the AI names them.
Source: Acknowledge and reference AI use (UQ Library), updated 2 October 2026; AI acknowledgement coversheet (UQ Library, Word). Checked 4 October 2026.
Canberra GenAI Acknowledgement Statement
GenAI Acknowledgement Statement
Required statementA required statement after the reference list: Statement A if you used no GenAI, or a list of each service, its link and how you used it, ending with a confirmation under the Student Conduct Rules.
Where it goes: After the reference list, unless your assessment instructions say otherwise.
In the reference list: The statement confirms you have cited and referenced any GenAI content in your referencing style.
Source: UC GenAI Acknowledgement Statement (University of Canberra Library), updated 2 September 2026. Checked 4 October 2026.
UTS AI acknowledgement
Acknowledgement of GenAI use
Library templateOne sentence: the tool and what you used it for, how you modified the output, and how you checked the accuracy of what it produced.
Where it goes: Where your tutor or subject coordinator says.
In the reference list: Follow your referencing style; UTS Library's guide covers referencing GenAI as well as acknowledging it.
Source: Referencing and acknowledging GenAI (UTS Library), updated 2 September 2026. Checked 4 October 2026.
RMIT AI acknowledgement
Acknowledgement of AI tools
Library templateOne sentence per tool in APA's author-date form, I used ChatGPT (OpenAI, year) to ..., plus a reference list entry for the tool.
Where it goes: In the body or methods section of your work, with an entry for each tool in your reference list.
In the reference list: RMIT asks for a reference list entry for each AI tool you used.
Source: Acknowledging the use of AI tools (RMIT Library), updated 29 July 2026. Checked 4 October 2026.
Norway
Oslo AI declaration (Mathematics and Natural Sciences)
Declaration of the use of generative artificial intelligence
Faculty suggestionA suggestion from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences: a fixed opening paragraph at the start of the assignment, then a bullet for each use.
Where it goes: At the beginning of the assignment.
In the reference list: Follow your teacher's instructions and your referencing style.
Source: Suggestion for declaration of AI usage in assignments (KURT, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo), last modified 8 November 2024. Checked 4 October 2026.
If your university is not listed
UNISA AI declaration
UNISA had not published a student AI declaration format when we checked on 4 October 2026, and its library lists the Unisa Draft AI Policy as under development. The Unisa Library's AI guide (updated 11 May 2026) suggests Monash University's format, which the generator uses when you pick UNISA. Your tutorial letter or module instructions come first.
Sources: Prompting and acknowledging AI (Unisa Library AI guide); AI policies (Unisa Library AI guide).
Fill in this formatUCT has no university-wide student form. Its AI in Education Framework (June 2025) notes that some departments have required a declaration of use as part of a plagiarism declaration; the UCT Libraries example above shows the wording. UCT AI in Education Framework (June 2025)
Not listed? Use the General format, labelled as Litrevu's summary of the common elements, and follow your brief. To suggest your university, email [email protected].
Referencing the AI tool: APA, Harvard and MLA
APA changed its advice in September 2025. Cite the tool in general, for example OpenAI. (2025). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com/ with ChatGPT in italics, or cite a specific chat with a share link: the company, the date of the chat, the chat's title in italics, [Generative AI chat], the tool or model, and the link. There is no version number by default; give the model name if you know it. The year is the year the tool was last updated, and prompts do not go in the reference. See APA's blog post of 9 September 2025 and its AI references examples page (updated April 2026).
APA's site blocks automated readers, so the blog post was read on 4 October 2026 from the Internet Archive copy of 25 September 2026, and the examples page on 4 October 2026 from the Internet Archive copy of 30 August 2026.
Harvard differs between universities. In Cite Them Right Harvard, a chat only you can see is a personal communication: OpenAI ChatGPT (2023) ChatGPT 3 response to John Smith, 28 March. Cite Them Right is subscription-only, so this follows the form Newcastle University Library and the University of Dundee reproduce; SETU Library writes the author as OpenAI alone. Leeds uses Leeds Harvard and UCL has its own Harvard: follow your library's guide.
MLA (13 August 2025) does not treat the AI as an author. Describe what you asked for as the title, then give the tool, the model, the company, the date and a share link: “Describe the theme of nature in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park” prompt. ChatGPT, model GPT-4o, OpenAI, 23 Sept. 2024, chatgpt.com/share/66f1b0a0-d704-8000-be9a-85f53c850607. MLA also asks you to acknowledge substantive AI use, which it calls more comprehensive than citation.
Universities that do not require AI in the reference list
- King's College London: “does not require students to reference generative AI as an authoritative source in the reference list”.
- UCL: favours leaving AI out of the reference list unless your department or referencing style requires it.
- UKZN: its guidelines for research work, clause 6.8.7, say AI tools should not be cited as sources.
- Stellenbosch: its interim guidelines say AI tools “can not be referenced as the content author or creator”.
UKZN and Stellenbosch ask you to cite the original sources instead; King's asks for a declaration with your references.
Records to keep
If a lecturer or supervisor asks how you used AI, these are what let you show it. Several universities ask for them outright.
- Your prompts and the AI's outputs. Save each chat, or paste the conversation into a document as you go. Asked for by: Melbourne, Monash, UQ, Pretoria (Q3), Dundee, UKZN (clause 6.9.2), RMIT.
- A share link for each chat. Most chat tools can make a link to a conversation. APA's chat reference and MLA's citation use it, and NWU's form asks for it. Asked for by: APA, MLA, NWU.
- Your drafts and their version history. Save versions as you work, for example Word files in OneDrive, so you can show how the work developed. Asked for by: Monash, Dundee, UCL, Canberra.
- Screenshots of key stages. Monash suggests screenshots of different stages of your AI use, and colour-coding or annotating drafts where AI was involved. Asked for by: Monash.
- Notes on what you changed and checked. A line or two per use: what you kept, rewrote or fact-checked. Asked for by: Monash, Dundee, UTS, Cambridge HSS, UCL.
- The date and model for each use. MLA gives the date and model, and APA the model if you know it. Asked for by: UQ, MLA, APA.
- The original source for anything the AI told you. Find and cite the original rather than the AI. Asked for by: UKZN (clause 6.8.7), Stellenbosch, UQ, MLA. If an AI tool suggested references, check they exist before you cite them in the Reference Checker.
Why declaring protects you
Declaring is what keeps permitted AI use from becoming misconduct. Cambridge's statement is direct: using unacknowledged AI-generated content in a summative assessment as though it is your own work is academic misconduct, unless the assessment brief says otherwise. King's tells students that acknowledged use within the scope of the brief will not have any direct impact on the grades awarded.
Students still skip it. At King's Business School, up to 74% of students did not comply with the requirement to declare their AI use, and one student compared declaring to admitting to plagiarism (Gonsalves, SRHE blog, 25 October 2024; the study is in Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education). Melbourne's advice is the useful one: asking about AI use is acceptable, and it is not an admission of guilt.
How it works, and what it will not do
- It uses templates, not an AI model. The wording of each format comes from the university's own page or document, checked on the date shown and re-checked each month.
- It is not your university's form. Litrevu is not affiliated with any university, and each format links the page it comes from.
- It cannot tell you whether a use was allowed. Your assessment brief, module guide or supervisor decides that.
- It does not write the parts a form asks you to reflect on, such as Pretoria's ethical use paragraph or Stellenbosch's extent and justification. Those are marked for you to write.
- It never confirms anything for you. Where a form has you confirm a fixed sentence, it shows the sentence and asks you to keep it only if it is true.
- Nothing you type leaves your browser, and nothing is saved. The page records only that it was opened and used.
- Spotted a change, or want your university added? Email [email protected].
Questions
What should an AI disclosure or transparency statement include?
An account of how you used AI, not the AI's text. Name each tool and who makes it, say what you used it for, say where in your work it played a part, and say how you checked or changed what it produced. Leeds and UCL set a minimum of the tool's name and version, the publisher, a link and a one-sentence description, and Melbourne adds whether your prompts and outputs are available on request. Pick your university above to see exactly what it asks for.
Do I need an AI declaration if I did not use AI?
At some universities, yes. UKZN's Appendix A applies to all student work and starts with 'I did not use generative AI', and the University of Pretoria's guide for lecturers says students complete its form with every assignment, regardless of whether any AI tools were used. King's, Monash, Melbourne, RMIT and Canberra each publish a sentence for students who did not use AI. Choose 'No' in the generator to get your university's wording.
Where does the AI declaration go, and does it count toward the word count?
It depends on the university. Melbourne puts it after the reference list under the heading Declaration and says it is generally not in the word count. King's asks for it with your references, Canberra after the reference list, UCL in an appendix or methods section, Leeds in an Acknowledgements or Declarations section, Oslo's science faculty at the start, and UKZN and the Wits Faculty of Science in the front section. The generator shows your university's placement under the declaration.
Do I need to declare AI I used only for grammar or spelling?
Universities differ. King's says grammar and spell checking is consistent with its no-AI statement, Stellenbosch's postgraduate form lets you tick 'did not use' if AI only corrected spelling or grammar, and UCL says help with grammar may not need acknowledging. UKZN says any use, from generating ideas to editing or refining text, must be disclosed, and Melbourne lists proofreading as a use to declare. If a tool changed your wording rather than your spelling, declare it.
Do I have to include my prompts?
Some formats ask for them: Cambridge HSS's sample asks 'What prompt did you provide?', Pretoria's form asks you to paste all your prompts, and Dundee asks for the prompts and the output. APA says prompts do not go in the reference itself. Keep them either way: UKZN lets supervisors and module coordinators ask for records of your prompts and the AI's outputs.
Should I put ChatGPT in my reference list?
Only if your university or referencing style asks for it. APA and MLA publish reference formats for AI, Melbourne asks you to cite and reference AI output you quote or paraphrase, and RMIT asks for an entry for each tool. King's does not require it, UCL favours leaving AI out unless your style requires it, and UKZN and Stellenbosch say to cite the original sources instead. The generator follows the university you pick.
How do I cite ChatGPT in APA 7?
Since September 2025 APA gives two formats. For the tool in general: OpenAI. (2025). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com/ with ChatGPT in italics. For a chat you can share: the company, the date of the chat, its title in italics, [Generative AI chat], the tool or model, and the share link. APA no longer adds a version number by default, and the year is the year the tool was last updated. The in-text citation is (OpenAI, 2025).
How do I cite ChatGPT in Harvard?
Harvard varies between universities. In Cite Them Right Harvard, as Newcastle University Library and the University of Dundee reproduce it, a chat only you can see is a personal communication, for example: OpenAI ChatGPT (2023) ChatGPT 3 response to John Smith, 28 March. If your output has a public link, or your library publishes its own Harvard such as Leeds Harvard or UCL Harvard, follow your library's guide.
How do I cite ChatGPT in MLA?
MLA does not treat the AI as an author. Describe what you asked for as the title, then give the tool, the model, the company, the date and a share link: “Describe the theme of nature in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park” prompt. ChatGPT, model GPT-4o, OpenAI, 23 Sept. 2024, chatgpt.com/share/66f1b0a0-d704-8000-be9a-85f53c850607. MLA also asks you to acknowledge substantive AI use, which it calls more comprehensive than citation.
Will declaring AI use lower my mark?
Declaring is what keeps permitted use from becoming misconduct. King's tells students that acknowledged use within the scope of the assessment brief will not have any direct impact on the grades awarded, and Melbourne reminds students that asking about AI use is acceptable and not an admission of guilt. Cambridge says unacknowledged AI content presented as your own work in a summative assessment is academic misconduct.
What is the difference between an AI disclosure, a declaration and an acknowledgement?
Mostly the name. Melbourne, UKZN, Pretoria and Stellenbosch call it a declaration; Monash, Leeds and Canberra call it an acknowledgement; others say disclosure. MLA notes that acknowledging AI use is more comprehensive than citing it, which is why many universities ask for a statement as well as a citation.
Is this my university's official form?
No. Litrevu is not affiliated with any university. The generator follows each university's published format, links the page it comes from and shows when we last checked it. Some are rules and some are suggestions: Cambridge HSS calls its rubric a sample, Oslo's is one faculty's suggestion, and UCT's is a library example. If your assessment brief, module guide or supervisor gives you a form, use theirs.
Does Litrevu see what I type?
No. The generator runs in your browser and sends nothing you type to Litrevu, and nothing is saved. The page records only that it was opened and used.
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