The AMA Manual of Style has not released guidelines on citing and referencing generative AI. In the interim, use the method below:
Minimum information needed:
Name of the AI Tool
Type of communication (response to a question, online chat)
Date (Month, Day, Year)
Important notes:
Create in-text reference
No reference list entry
Include acknowledgement after the reference list detailing how the AI tool was used.
In-text reference
(Name of AI Tool, type of communication, Month DD, YYYY)
...(ChatGPT, response to question from author, April 06, 2023)
In an online chat with ChatGPT (April 06, 2023) ...
In response to the question ..., ChatGPT (April 06, 2023) gave the following response ...
Acknowledgement (Appendix)
Include a record of each question/ prompt, the date and the response in an appendix after the reference list. See example in the link below.