AI acknowledgement examples
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Grammar and spelling only
You wrote everything yourself and used AI to tidy up the final draft.
I used Grammarly (Grammarly, https://www.grammarly.com) on 9 October 2026 to check grammar and spelling. I reviewed and edited its suggestions before using any of them.
General format
Brainstorming and planning
AI helped you get started, but none of its words are in your essay.
I used ChatGPT (GPT-5, OpenAI, https://chatgpt.com) on 9 October 2026 to brainstorm ideas and suggest a structure for my work. My prompts included “Suggest three angles for an essay on urban heat islands”. None of the AI's output appears in my final work. A full record of my prompts and the outputs is available on request.
General format
Coding help
You used an AI assistant to write or fix parts of your code.
I acknowledge the use of Claude (https://claude.ai) to help write and debug code. I checked the facts it gave me against the original sources. I reviewed and edited its suggestions before using any of them. A full record of prompts and outputs is available upon request.
University of Melbourne format
Translation
You wrote in another language first, or translated a source to read it.
I acknowledge the use of DeepL to translate text. The output was modified by rewriting anything I used in my own words and checking its facts against the original sources and I checked the accuracy of any information, data or sources generated by comparing it with the original sources.
University of Technology Sydney format
Explaining hard readings
AI explained concepts so you could understand the readings.
I used Gemini (https://gemini.google.com) to explain concepts I found hard to follow and summarise readings over 4 rounds of prompts. I modified the outputs by rewriting anything I used in my own words and checking its facts against the original sources. A full record of my prompts and the outputs is available on request.
Monash University format
Journal article (several authors)
You used AI to polish the language of a manuscript.
During the preparation of this work the authors used ChatGPT in order to suggest clearer wording for some sentences and check grammar and spelling. After using this tool/service, the authors reviewed and edited the content as needed and take full responsibility for the content of the publication.
Elsevier format