AI Acknowledgement

Universities / UNSW Sydney

UNSW Sydney AI acknowledgement

UNSW convenors set a permitted level of AI use per assessment. If you quote, paraphrase or summarise AI output, cite it like any source; if AI edited, altered or translated your work (where allowed), add a brief acknowledgement statement at the end.

Checked against UNSW Sydney'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?

What did you do with what it gave you?

More details · prompts, date, versions
Your prompts and the AI's answers
Acknowledgement: I would like to acknowledge the assistance provided by ChatGPT, which helped me brainstorm ideas and check grammar and spelling. Some examples of prompts I used include [your prompts].

UNSW Sydney's own wording

"Acknowledgement: I would like to acknowledge the assistance provided by [Name of AI tool] which offered editorial suggestions. Some examples of prompts I used include [list prompts here]."

Quoted from UNSW Sydney's guidance. The generator below fills this format in for you.

The rules at a glance

When you need one
Whenever AI is used, where permitted, in planning, designing or writing an assessment, including significant help such as clarifying concepts, identifying literature or shaping research direction even if no output is quoted; and whenever AI edited, altered or translated your work.
Framework
Levels of AI Assistance: No assistance; Simple editing assistance; Planning or design assistance; Assistance with attribution; Generative AI software-based assessments; Not applicable
Where it goes
Brief acknowledgement statement at the end of the document / under the reference list; in-text citation or footnote for quoted or paraphrased AI material
Prompts and outputs
The example acknowledgement lists sample prompts. Keep draft versions of your work, as convenors may request them to show your process.
Referencing
Cite AI as software (company as author, product name as title). Harvard (UNSW): 'OpenAI. 2024, ChatGPT [Large language model], Retrieved October 19, 2024, from https://chat.openai.com/chat.' APA 7: 'OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (June 16 version) [Large language model]. URL.' Examples also given for Chicago, MLA, IEEE, Vancouver and AGLC.
Must include
  • name of the AI tool
  • what assistance it provided
  • examples of prompts used
Also note
  • Check whether and how much AI is permitted for each assessment, including for translation
  • Unauthorised or unacknowledged AI use is student misconduct; penalties can include a fail, zero, suspension or exclusion
  • Markers have Turnitin's AI detection tool; a flag is not conclusive but prompts further review
  • Grammarly, Quillbot, Google Translate, DeepL and similar count as generative AI
  • Referencing flagged AI material does not guarantee no integrity breach
  • Avoid using GenAI tools as a primary source of factual information
  • Do not put personal or sensitive information in prompts; use Microsoft Copilot with your UNSW account

Sources

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