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How to Cite References Using Chicago Style/Turabian

Chicago's Position on Citing AI Tools

To sum things up, In Chicago style, you must credit ChatGPT when you reproduce its words within your own work, but unless you include a publicly available URL, that information should be put in the text or in a note—not in a bibliography or reference list. Other AI-generated text can be cited similarly. 

Citation Example--Chicago/Turabian

Chicago style recommends citing AI tolls such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot in a footnote entry NOT a Bibliography entry

Footnote or endnote Format:

1. Text generated by ChatGPT, March 31, 2023, OpenAI, https://chat.openai.com.

If the prompt has not been included in the body of the text, it can be included in the note:

1. ChatGPT, response to “Explain how to make pizza dough from common household ingredients,” OpenAI, March 7, 2023.

Author-Date Format:

If you’re using author-date instead of footnotes or endnotes, any information not provided  in the body of the text would be placed in a parenthetical text reference. For example,

(ChatGPT, March 7, 2023).

Link to the Chicago Style Page on How to Cite AI Tools