APA referencing 7th edition

A guide to APA referencing (7th edition). APA stands for American Psychological Association

Referencing Generative AI tools

Generative AI is a type of “third-party assistance”, Submitting AI-generated material as your own original work without appropriate acknowledgement and contrary to any direction by teaching staff may be considered a form of plagiarism, and may constitute academic misconduct.  We recommend that you check how you should be using AI in each of your assessments with your lecturer/tutor/supervisor – what you are allowed to do, and what you are not allowed to do.

 

Referencing ChatGPT

Reference List

OpenAI. (2025). ChatGPT (May 30 version) [Large Language Model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat

In-text citation

(OpenAI, 2023)

 

Referencing Microsoft Copilot

Reference List

Microsoft. (2025). Copilot (May 30 version) [Large Language Model]. https://copilot.microsoft.com  

In-text citation

(Microsoft, 2025)

 

Referencing Google Gemini

Reference List

Google. (2025). Gemini (May 30 version) [Large Language Model]. https://gemini.google.com

In-text citation

(Google, 2025)

 

Referencing other Generative AI tools

Follow the principles of the above three examples. Find out who the producer of the Gen AI tool is, and then the reference would be:

Reference List

Gen AI tool producer. (Year). Gen AI tool product name (month date version) [Large Language Model]. https:// (URL of home page of Gen AI tool)

In-text citation

(Gen AI tool producer, Year)