Citing AI Generated Content
You must cite, both in-text and in your works cited list, a generative AI tool whenever you paraphrase, quote, or incorporate into your own work any content (whether text, image, data, or anything else) that is created by the generative AI tool.
Paraphrasing text created in response to a prompt: Example
The significance of nature in Robert Frost’s poetry can be described as central and multifaceted, but also as a profound means of portraying emotional depth ("Describe the significance")...
Images
• Follow the guidance on the Citing Images and Images pages.
• Include a description of the prompt, followed by the AI tool, version, and date created in your figure caption.
Fig.1. "Image of daisies in a field under a blue sky with white clouds" prompt, Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365, Microsoft, 3 Jul. 2025, copilot.microsoft.com/.