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MLA Citations - Creative Technologies & Design: AI Generated Content

Citing sources commonly used in CTCH classes

Citing AI-Generated Content

When citing AI-generated content use the following information to form the citation:

-Prompt (example "What is generative AI? Explain it like I'm 5")
-Name of AI tool
-Version (If available, include the version number of the AI tool. For example, 4o)
-Company (e.g., OpenAI, Microsoft). 
-Date of prompt
-URL (Include the general URL for the AI tool, not a specific link to the output)

 

Reference Example:

“Summarize the book Thus Spoke Zarathustra” promptChatGPT, GPT-5, OpenAI,

30 Aug. 2025, chat.openai.com/chat

 

In-Text Citation:

(ChatGPT, 2025)

ChapGPT