These are the core elements required in an MLA citation, with descriptions of how they apply to AI specifically:
- Author: blank for AI
- Title of source: the prompt used to generate the text or a description if the prompt itself is too long
- Title of container: the name of the AI tool, such as ChatGPT
- Version: the tool’s version (some tools list their version as a date)
- Publisher: the company that created the AI
- Date: the date you accessed the AI, in day-month-year format
- Location: the URL of the tool
Full citation: "Example of an MLA citation” prompt. ChatGPT, GPT-4, OpenAI, 30 Jun. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.
In parenthetical citations use the description of the prompt as in the “Title of source” section, set in quotes with no other punctuation.
(“Example of an MLA citation”)
Sources:
Grammarly
How do I cite generative AI in MLA style?
