AI Acknowledgement

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London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) AI acknowledgement

LSE has no single school-wide statement template: each department or course picks Position 1 (no AI), 2 (limited) or 3 (full) and must tell students how to acknowledge AI. The statement format here comes from the Department of Media and Communications, which asks you to name the tool, the use, the prompts, how the output was used and what value it added; the Mathematics Department has its own stricter rules.

Checked against London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)'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 acknowledge the use of ChatGPT (https://chatgpt.com) to brainstorm ideas and check grammar and spelling. The prompts used were [your prompts]. I rewrote anything I used in my own words. I checked the facts it gave me against the original sources.

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)'s own wording

"I acknowledge the use of [insert AI system(s) and link] to [specific use of generative artificial intelligence]. The prompts used were [list of prompts]. The output from these prompts was used to [explain use]. The value that this AI tool offered to me during my assignment preparation included: [XXX]" (Department of Media and Communications)

Quoted from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)'s guidance. The generator below fills this format in for you.

The rules at a glance

When you need one
Departmental: required whenever AI is used in a Position 2 or 3 assessment under the department's rules. Mathematics: AI banned in summative work unless stated, and any AI use in formative work must be declared.
Framework
LSE three positions on generative AI in assessment: 1 no authorised use / 2 limited authorised use / 3 full authorised use (set per department or course, shown on Moodle)
Prompts and outputs
Media and Communications template asks you to list the prompts. Mathematics requires a shareable link to the saved log of your AI interactions for formative work.
Referencing
Departments allowing AI set their own referencing rules. LSE Library gives examples for APA (e.g. "OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat"), Chicago, Harvard/Cite Them Right (personal communication if output is only available to you) and OSCOLA 5th ed. 3.7.13 (cite the AI as author, give the instructions in inverted commas, developer and date).
Must include
  • AI system(s) used, with link
  • the specific use of generative AI
  • list of prompts used
  • how the output from the prompts was used
  • the value the AI tool offered during assignment preparation
  • (Mathematics, formative work) a short self-written description of use plus a link to the saved chat log
Also note
  • follow your department's or course's position (1, 2 or 3) as shown on Moodle; Position 1 may also ban AI grammar and spell-checkers
  • Mathematics: no external help including AI in summative assessment unless explicitly allowed; undeclared use is plagiarism, usually penalised with zero; declaring banned use avoids a plagiarism finding but may lower the mark
  • Mathematics may hold random or targeted post-submission interviews
  • staff are advised to steer students to Claude and Copilot for data privacy
  • breaches fall under LSE misconduct regulations

Sources

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