Referencing & Plagiarism Awareness: 5. Referencing Artificial Intelligence Outputs

See our Referencing Examples tab for practical examples of referencing AI outputs according to your Department's referencing style

The University guidelines state that "presenting work generated by AI as if it were your own" is a form of plagiarism and therefore constitutes unacceptable  academic practice.

Full details on the University's guidelines on unacceptable practice can be found here. 

You must follow the latest guidance on AI supplied by your department.

If you use AI for your assessed work, be transparent and acknowledge that you have used it.

Outputs generated by AI:

• May not be up-to-date.
• May be inaccurate.
• May be biased.

If you use Generative AI in any part of your assessed work, it is your responsibility to check all outputs generated by the AI to make sure that the information produced is current and correct.

Due to privacy and security concerns we would not recommend putting personal data into AI systems.

If you would like to know more about AI tools for your studies, have a look at our AI and the Library guide

If you have any questions, please come and see us at:

•   The enquiries desk on Level F of the Hugh Owen Library.
•   The enquiries desk in the Physical Sciences Library

Contact your Subject Librarian directly or email the team: librarians@aber.ac.uk