AI Acknowledgement

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Adelaide University AI acknowledgement

Adelaide University's Library says you must acknowledge any permitted AI use, even just for brainstorming, by naming the tool (with link), the date, and how you used it including your prompts. If AI-generated content actually appears in your work, you also cite it in your referencing style.

Checked against Adelaide University's own pages on 9 October 2026 · See the full rules

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Did you use AI?

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Which AI tools?

What did you use it for?

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More details · prompts, date, versions
Your prompts and the AI's answers
I acknowledge the use of ChatGPT (https://chatgpt.com) to brainstorm ideas and check grammar and spelling. On [date] the prompts used include [your prompts]. I rewrote anything I used in my own words. I checked the facts it gave me against the original sources.

Adelaide University's own wording

"I acknowledge the use of [insert AI system(s) with link] to [how the AI was used]. On [date] the prompts used include [list of prompts] / I prompted [insert AI system(s)] to [insert explanation of outputs requested]."

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The rules at a glance

When you need one
Whenever AI tools are permitted and used: acknowledge when AI helped your thinking (exploring a topic, brainstorming, analysing sources, structuring, clarifying arguments) even if no AI content appears; also cite when AI content appears directly (quotes, paraphrases, data, adapted output). Check each assignment's AI conditions first; failing to acknowledge AI use can be academic misconduct.
Framework
Adelaide University AI Assessment Guidelines, four levels: Level 1 No AI; Level 2 AI-Assisted Editing; Level 3 AI-Assisted Ideas (must acknowledge AI use and verify information); Level 4 AI-Assisted Creation, Human Evaluation
Where it goes
Either as a footnote or at the end of your reference list; confirm preferred placement with your course coordinator. Graduate research theses: a use of AI statement on the thesis acknowledgement page.
Prompts and outputs
Prompts (or a description of the outputs requested) go in the acknowledgement itself; AGLC4 users can add an appendix listing all prompts. Graduate research students must keep their own records of AI use (programs, dates, prompts), which may be requested if concerns are raised.
Referencing
APA 7 AI chat: AI Company Name. (Year, Month Day). Title of chat [Generative AI chat]. Tool Name/Model. URL of the chat; in-text (OpenAI, 2025). APA 7 AI tool: "OpenAI. (2025). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com/". AGLC4 (treat as written correspondence): footnote "1 Output from ChatGPT, OpenAI to Jane Smith, 24 February 2023."; bibliography "OpenAI, ChatGPT to Jane Smith, Output, 24 February 2023." IEEE: follow Unpublished Material/Private Communication. Harvard UofA: personal communication, in-text only, e.g. (OpenAI's ChatGPT, personal communication, 30 March 2023). Citing does not replace the acknowledgement of how AI was used.
Must include
  • the AI tool used, with link
  • how the information was generated, including the prompts or an explanation of the outputs requested
  • the date you used it
Also note
  • check each assessment's conditions; using AI beyond the stated conditions is a breach of academic conduct under the Academic Integrity Policy
  • do not use AI to generate complete reference lists; cite only sources you have located, read and consulted yourself
  • AI output can be unreliable or inaccurate; verify information
  • external publications must follow the publisher's AI acknowledgement rules

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