AI Acknowledgement

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University of Edinburgh AI acknowledgement

Edinburgh doesn't ban AI, but it limits its use in much assessed work, and your course guidance has the detail. If you use AI for permitted parts of an assessment, add a brief acknowledgement at the end of the work (for research students, in the Declaration of Own Work), and cite any AI-generated content you include.

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

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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 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.

University of Edinburgh's own wording

"I used GPT 5 via ELM to check grammar and spelling throughout my assignment. I also used Midjourney to generate the image on page 2."

Quoted from University of Edinburgh's guidance. The generator below fills this format in for you.

The rules at a glance

When you need one
Whenever generative AI is used for permitted aspects of an assessment; submitting AI-generated text, images, audio, video, formulae, reasoning or code without acknowledgement is misconduct.
Where it goes
Taught students: a brief acknowledgement at the end of the piece of work. Research students: in the Declaration of Own Work at the start of the thesis or other submission.
Prompts and outputs
Research students are advised to keep track of AI's raw output when generating ideas or summarising information (not needed for grammar or spelling checks) and have a duty to keep an audit trail.
Referencing
Yes: if you include AI-generated content (e.g. an image or chatbot text), add an in-text citation or footnote plus a matching reference-list entry; the Library's guide to generative AI gives the format (not captured).
Must include
  • the AI tool/model used (and platform, e.g. via ELM)
  • what you used it for and where (e.g. grammar throughout, image on page 2)
  • anything extra your Course Organiser, supervisor or programme asks you to cover
Also note
  • check course-level guidance; AI use is restricted for much assessed work and some courses ban it
  • presenting AI output as your own work is misconduct
  • machine-translating assessed work into English is treated as false authorship
  • citing AI-found sources without reading and verifying them is misconduct
  • no AI agents or AI browsers inside Learn or other login platforms; sharing login details breaches the Computing Acceptable Use Policy
  • no third-party AI live-translation apps in class; the University encourages using ELM for data security

Sources

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