The Copyright Office has launched an initiative to examine the copyright law and policy issues raised by artificial intelligence (AI) technology, including the scope of copyright in works generated using AI tools and the use of copyrighted materials in AI training. Includes "Copyright Registration Guidance for Works Containing AI-Generated Material" and links to training. The Congressional Research Service also produced a report for Congress, Generative Artificial Intelligence and Copyright Law.
In part one of this blog series we highlight the most important AI copyright-related activities taking place in Congress, the federal government, and the U.S. Copyright Office which occupied our attention in 2023. In part two, we’ll explore the various court cases involving copyright.
Copyright Facts by State: Alabama https://copyrightalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Alabama-FINAL-3.pdf
See below for guidance on how to cite/acknowledge the use of GenAI.
As of June 2023, MLA does not recommend treating an AI tool as an author, and instead using the Title of Container element to specify the AI tool.
As of June 2023, APA style recommends citing the AI tool as the author, with in-text citations and references adapted from the reference template for software in Section 10.10 of the Publication Manual (American Psychological Association, 2020, Chapter 10).
As of June 2023, Chicago style does cite AI tool as author, with the following example: "ChatGPT is the author of the content, and the date is the date the text was generated. OpenAI (the organization that developed ChatGPT) is then listed as the publisher or sponsor of the content."
The AMA Manual of Style's section Acknowledging Support, Assistance, and Contributions of Those Who Are Not Authors recommends noting the use of AI tools in the Acknowledgements or Methods section of your paper, depending on what you used the tool for.
"Authors should report the use of artificial intelligence, language models, machine learning, or similar technologies to create content or assist with writing or editing of manuscripts in the Acknowledgment section or the Methods section if this is part of formal research design or methods.11 This should include a description of the content that was created or edited and the name of the language model or tool, version and extension numbers, and manufacturer. (Note: this does not include basic tools for checking grammar, spelling, references, etc.)"Formatting Citations in AMA Style
The AMA Manual of Style includes guidance on citing AI tools in the section on software. "In research articles, provide the brand name in parentheses along with the version or extension number, manufacturer or owner, and date(s) used."
Example in-text citation:
On June 12, 2023, the original full text of the question was put into a fresh chatbot session (ChatGPT, model GPT-4, OpenAI) and the generated responses were saved.
Source: Updates to the Manual. (2021). Oxford Academic. https://academic.oup.com/amamanualofstyle/pages/about/updates-to-the-manual. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
Check out these resources, if you have content that may not fall under an available standard. If creating something for publication, always check to see if the resource's style guide includes how to cite AI.
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