Acknowledgement of AI use: recommended practices

Documenting interactions

It is recommended to keep a record of prompts used and interactions with generative AI tools in order to document the role of the tool in relation to your own contributions. This could include copying and pasting interactions into a separate document, taking screenshots, or ensuring that interactions are saved long-term in a user account in the tool (although first check the privacy settings to see if you are comfortable with them; you may prefer not to have chats saved, especially if they are used to train the large language model). This will assist you in later explaining and acknowledging the use of the tool. Note that some course instructors and publishers require submission of prompts or chat logs as a part of the documentation of AI tool use.