Write your AI acknowledgement in your university's format
Pick your uni or journal, tick what you used AI for, and copy the statement. You also get the reference list entry in APA, MLA, Chicago or AGLC. Free, and nothing leaves your browser.
23 universities have their own template built in. See the list.
What a good statement has
Every university words it differently, but they mostly ask for the same five things:
- The tool's name, and the version if you know it.
- Who makes it and where to find it (a link).
- What you used it for, in plain words.
- The prompts you typed, or a few examples.
- What you did with the output: rewrote it, checked it, or left it out.
Keep it short and specific. “I used ChatGPT to check grammar in my final draft” is better than a paragraph about AI in general.
Find your university
- Adelaide University
- Australian Catholic University
- Australian National University
- Bond University
- Charles Darwin University
- Charles Sturt University
- CQUniversity
- Curtin University
- Deakin University
- Edith Cowan University
- Federation University Australia
- Flinders University
- Griffith University
- James Cook University
- La Trobe University
- Macquarie University
- Monash University
- Murdoch University
- Queensland University of Technology
- RMIT University
- Southern Cross University
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Torrens University Australia
- University of Canberra
- University of Melbourne
- University of New England
- University of Newcastle
- University of Notre Dame Australia
- University of Queensland
- University of Southern Queensland
- University of Sydney
- University of Tasmania
- University of Technology Sydney
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- University of Western Australia
- University of Wollongong
- UNSW Sydney
- Victoria University
- Western Sydney University
Writing for a journal instead? 12 publishers and conferences are covered too, including Elsevier, Springer Nature and ICLR.
Questions
- Do I need an AI acknowledgement if I only used Grammarly?
- It depends on your university. Sydney says basic spelling and grammar checkers don't need one. Other universities don't make that exception, so check your university's page. If you're still not sure, add a one-line statement. It costs you nothing.
- Where do I put the statement?
- Most Australian universities want it at the end of your assignment, just before or after the reference list. Some use a cover sheet or a form in the learning system instead. Your university's page here says which.
- Is the acknowledgement the same as referencing?
- No. The acknowledgement says how you used AI. A reference is only needed when you quote or use AI output in your work. Many universities ask for both, so the tool gives you both.
- What if I didn't use AI at all?
- Some universities still want you to say so. Tick “I didn't use any AI” in step 1 and you'll get your university's wording if it has one.
- Does this tool send my prompts anywhere?
- No. Everything runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to us or to any AI.