AI Acknowledgement

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Australian National University AI acknowledgement

ANU lets each course convener decide whether generative AI is allowed; where it is, students must reference AI content like any other source and acknowledge which tools they used and how they contributed to the assignment.

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

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Australian National University 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?

More details · prompts, date, versions
Your prompts and the AI's answers
I used ChatGPT (OpenAI, https://chatgpt.com) on [date] to brainstorm ideas and check grammar and spelling. I rewrote anything I used in my own words. I checked the facts it gave me against the original sources. A full record of my prompts and the outputs is available on request.

The rules at a glance

When you need one
Whenever generative AI is used in developing an assignment or AI-produced content appears in it (only where the course permits AI).
Prompts and outputs
Not required generally; the AGLC example notes the prompt detail can be put in an appendix.
Referencing
Cite AI as you would any source, per the Generative AI LibGuide. APA: in-text (OpenAI, 2023); reference: OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat. MLA: "Specific question asked" prompt. ChatGPT, OpenAI, 3 May. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat. Harvard, IEEE and Vancouver: personal/private communication in-text, no reference list entry. Chicago: footnote or author-date, not in the bibliography. AGLC: footnote output citation, listed under 'Other' in the bibliography, prompt detail in an appendix.
Must include
  • the specific tools or methods used
  • how they contributed to completing the assignment
Also note
  • Do not use AI where the class summary or course convener says it is not allowed
  • Do not present AI-produced material as your own work or use it in place of your own research and writing
  • Verify all AI output and any references it provides
  • Do not enter personal information or unpublished research into AI tools
  • Turnitin's AI writing detection tool is not used at ANU to pursue academic integrity matters
  • Copilot Enterprise (ANU login) is the endorsed tool

Sources

Your unit outline or the journal's author guide wins if it says something different. Spotted a change? Tell us.