Artificial Intelligence #IBGC2023: Citing AI Tools

Two examples of prompt citations created in NoodleTools:

NoodleTools is the most cost effective way to inspire students to be principled, ethical content creators, as opposed to copy, cut, and paste content imitators.

Using software to improve language and grammar

There are software programs available to help authors improve the quality of the language they use, from simple spell checkers to complex tools that rewrite sentences. IB assessments usually do not evaluate the quality of language or spelling so there is limited benefit in using such tools.

• The exception is in language acquisition, where marks are awarded for sentence structure. In these subjects the use of such tools is not permitted.

• The IB awards bilingual diplomas, and universities and schools look at the language subjects that are taken in for proof of being able to work in that language. Therefore students are not permitted to write essays in one language and then translate them to be submitted to the IB in another language. For subject other than language acquisition, the use of spell checkers and bilingual dictionaries is acceptable.

• The IB will always consider the use of software to support access and inclusion requirements for students. Please refer to the Access and inclusion policy for more details.

• The IB allows students to use basic tools to support their spelling and grammar when this is not what is being assessed.

This information shared via the University College London:

The use of generative AI must be acknowledged in an ‘Acknowledgements’ section of any piece of academic work where it has been used as a functional tool to assist in the process of creating academic work.

Minimum requirement to include in acknowledgement:

• Name and version of the generative AI system used; e.g. ChatGPT-3.5
• Publisher (company that made the AI system); e.g. OpenAI
• URL of the AI system.
• Brief description (single sentence) of context in which the tool was used.

For example: 

I acknowledge the use of ChatGPT 3.5 (Open AI, https://chat.openai.com) to summarise my initial notes and to proofread my final draft.

Further requirements may be stipulated by a department, academic programme or individual teaching staff, or for a particular assignment, and must be made clear to students when an assignment is set. Additional requirements may include expanded description in the ‘Acknowledgements’ or ‘Methods’ section, such as:

• If relevant, the prompt(s) used to generate a response in the AI system.
• The date the output was generated.
• The output obtained (e.g. a ‘link to chat’ if ChatGPT, or a compilation of all output generated as an appendix).
• How the output was changed for use or incorporation into a piece of work (e.g. a tracked-changes document or a descriptive paragraph).

These acknowledgements should not be included in the word count of a piece of work, unless stipulated otherwise for a particular assignment or by a particular academic programme or department. The acknowledgements should either be placed at the beginning or end of the document.