AI Acknowledgement

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ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) AI disclosure statement

ACM's authorship policy allows authors to use generative AI to create content, but the use must be fully disclosed in the paper, normally in the Acknowledgements section; when unsure, authors should disclose.

Checked against ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)'s own pages on 9 October 2026 · See the full rules

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ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) doesn't publish a fixed template, so this uses a general format that covers what it asks for.

Did you use AI?

Your university or journal

Which AI tools?

What did you use it for?

What did you do with what it gave you?

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Authors
During the preparation of this work, the authors used ChatGPT (OpenAI, https://chatgpt.com) to brainstorm ideas and check grammar and spelling. After using this tool, the authors reviewed and edited the content as needed and take full responsibility for the content of the publication.

ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)'s own wording

"ChatGPT was utilized to generate sections of this Work, including text, tables, graphs, code, data, citations, etc."

Quoted from ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)'s guidance.

The rules at a glance

When you need one
Whenever generative AI tools are used to create content in the work (e.g. text, tables, graphs, code, data, citations); if unsure whether a tool needs disclosing, disclose it.
Where it goes
Acknowledgements section of the paper.
Must include
  • tool name
  • which parts or types of content it generated (text, tables, graphs, code, data, citations, etc.)
Also note
  • If copyrighted works are used as input to or training data for an LLM, explicit permission from the copyright holders is required and must be disclosed in the acknowledgements
  • Reviewers may not upload submissions or author information to LLMs or other third-party tools that do not guarantee confidentiality
  • Reviewers may not use generative AI to write reviews, though writing helpers may polish their wording
  • Program committee members may not use generative AI to synthesise reviews into a metareview, only to improve its writing or structure

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