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ChatGPT was only released a couple of years ago (2022). We are still in very early days and what is outlined on this page is rapidly changing.

Generative AI has downsides, here are some things to consider when using tools:

• Generative AI has been known to hallucinate citations. So you shouldn't trust the results without verifying.
• Search engines, like Google AI, have returned sometimes dangerously false information. Again, don't trust the results without verifying. 
• Generative AI has a greater negative impact on the environment than "traditional" computing processes. It causes stress on local power grids and uses much more water, due to needing to cool data centers.

This graph lays out harm considerations of large language models. 

Here's where generative AI can be helpful in the research process and some of the products currently available.

1: Your Question

AI can be helpful for brainstorming and developing your topic or question. 

2: Find Background Information

Just as searching Google and sources like your textbooks and Wikipedia can help you find background information on and keywords for your topic, generative AI can help with keywords. For example, asking ChatGPT "What are some other terms to describe teenage vaping?"

3: Find Materials

4: Read & Evaluate

5: Organize, Write, & Cite

Guidelines:

1. Always check with your instructor before using AI for coursework.
2. DO cite the outputs of generative AI tools when you use them in your work.
3. DO NOT use sources that are cited by AI tools without finding and reading them for yourself. This is because AI can create fake citations or may cite a real source but may have interpreted the content incorrectly.
4. If you aren't sure if you need to cite to an AI tool you used in your research or writing, remember we cite to give credit to the author/creator AND to help others locate the sources you used in your research. 
5. This is a rapidly changing area, always double-check the citation manuals themselves for the most up-to-date information on citing.

Content in this entire box adapted from: Brown University Library, "Generative Artificial Intelligence" 

APA

Format: Author. (Date). Name of tool (Version of tool) [Large language model]. URL

Example: OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat

In-Text Citation Example: (OpenAI, 2023)

MLA

Format: "Description of chat" prompt. Name of AI tool, version of AI tool, Company, Date of chat, URL.

Example: "Examples of harm reduction initiatives" prompt. ChatGPT, 23 Mar. version, OpenAI, 4 Mar. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.

In-Text Citation Example: ("Examples of harm reduction")

Chicago

Format: 1. Author, Title, Publisher, Date, url for the tool.

Example (if information about the prompt has been included within the text of your paper): 1. Text generated by ChatGPT, OpenAI, March 7, 2023, https://chat.openai.com/chat.

Example (including information about the prompt): 1. ChatGPT, response to "Explain how to make pizza dough from common household ingredients," OpenAI, March 7, 2023, https://chat.openai.com/chat.