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Citation Guide: AI generated sources

Different types of sources

The structure of the in-text citation is the same for all the sources made by AI in the name-year systems (APA and Harvard).

In-text citation’s tructure

Service provider (Year) or (Service provider Year)

Examples

OpenAI (2025) or (OpenAI 2025)

 

Text

Structure

Service provider. (year, month day). AI tool. [Language model].

Example

Aalto University. (2025, Mar 4). Aalto AI Assistant, ChatGPT 4o. [Large language model].

 

Still image

Structure

Service provider. (year, month day). AI tool. [Text-to-image model].

Example

OpenAI. (2025, Mar 4). DALL E 3. [Text-to-image model].

 

Video

Structure

Service provider. (year, month day). AI tool. [Image- or text-to-video model].

Example

OpenArt. (2025, Mar 4). Kling 1.6. [Image-to-video model].

 

Audio recording

Structure

Service provider. (year, month day). AI tool. [Text-to-music or -speech model].

Example

Adobe. (2025, Mar 4). GenreX. [Text-to-music model].