What you must do

When using GenAI tools, you must follow clear guidelines to ensure ethical and transparent use. This includes critically evaluating outputs, disclosing how GenAI was used, and providing proper references.

1. Consider whether GenAI is the right tool to use:

Evaluate GenAI capabilities, limitations, ethical considerations, responsible usage, inherent biases, and data security before using these tools. See Considerations for the Ethical and Responsible Use of GenAI (below the guidelines) for more information.

2. Evaluate GenAI Responses Critically:

You should interact with AI-generated text critically, analysing and reflecting on its responses.  GenAI can produce hallucinations, which are imaginative and nonsensical outputs. The data used to train these tools predominantly comes from western internet sources, which can not only be outdated but also perpetuate biases and false information.

3. Acknowledge and Reference GenAI-Generated Usage:

You must always disclose whether generative AI (GenAI) tools were used in your work, either at the beginning or end of your assignment, project, or written piece. If GenAI was utilised, you must clearly outline how the tool(s) were employed. This disclosure is essential to ensure transparency and uphold academic integrity. 

Your teacher or supervisor may additionally require full transcripts of prompts and responses, along with an explanation of the tool's role, to be included as an appendix or in the supplementary materials. 

If these requirements are not clearly outlined in your syllabus or assignment description, please check with your course teacher or supervisor for clarification. For tips on how to save your promt history, please check the Open Acces Tutorials.

Example:

• In this research project, I utilised GenAI, specifically ChatGPT, to assist in the literature review and drafting phases. The AI tool was used to generate initial summaries of existing studies on CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology and to provide suggestions for structuring the methodology section and enhancing my writing skills. I critically reviewed all AI-generated content and I assure that the text is accurate and of high academic integrity. Using GenAI improved my efficiency, but I remained vigilant to validate all information to maintain the rigour and originality of the work. 

4. Use mandatory references:

For content generated by AI, such as images, proper citation and reference is mandatory. The full transcript of prompts and responses should be included in an appendix or other supplementary materials.

Example APA referencing:

• Author of AI model used. (year of AI model used), name of AI model used ( version of AI model used) [Type or description of AI model used]. Web address of AI model used.

• OpenAI. (2022). ChatGPT (Dec 20 version) [Large language model]. chat.openai.com/