Acknowledgement of AI use: recommended practices

General workplace documents

It is part of responsible use of generative AI tools to acknowledge use in all contexts, not only academic assignments and publications. Practices for attribution and acknowledgement are evolving, but simple statements at the beginning or end of a document or in the references or acknowledgements sections could be suitable to disclose to colleagues and supervisors how generative AI tools have been used.

Sample acknowledgement text:

[Name of generative AI tool] was used in the [ideation/ creation/ drafting/ editing/ translation] of this document. I have evaluated this document for accuracy.

Acknowledge text adapted from "Provisional Guidelines: The Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Operational Excellence at McMaster University – April 2024" by McMaster University. CC BY-NC 4.0 International licence

Additional resources

Provisional Guidelines on the Use of Generative AI in Operational Excellence (McMaster University)

AI Attribution Toolkit from IBM (about crediting AI)