Academic Integrity
GenAI/Chatbots and Reviews
Chatbot as an author?
Artificial intelligence (AI). Text generated from AI, machine learning, or similar algorithmic tools cannot be used in papers published in Science journals, nor can the accompanying figures, images, or graphics be the products of such tools, without explicit permission from the editors. In addition, an AI program cannot be an author of a Science journal paper. A violation of this policy constitutes scientific misconduct.
AI Authorship - Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, do not currently satisfy our authorship criteria. Notably an attribution of authorship carries with it accountability for the work, which cannot be effectively applied to LLMs. Use of an LLM should be properly documented in the Methods section (and if a Methods section is not available, in a suitable alternative part) of the manuscript.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI)–generated text in an article shall be disclosed in the Acknowledgement section of any paper submitted to an IEEE Conference or Periodical. The sections of the paper that use AI-generated text shall have a citation to the AI system used to generate the text.
Rules and expectations vs personal options
- The rules and expectations regarding the use of AI chatbots, as well as the disclosing and referencing requirements should be clearly communicated between the instructor and the students to avoid any misunderstanding.
Disclosing, Referencing AI generated text/image
- If the authorship of GenAI is not recognized, referencing/citing GenAI produced text/image is not permitted, but some publishers may still require the author to disclose things that performed by AI tools according to set requirements and rules. This will be a case by case situation and it is ever changing until some accepted rules or professional standards become available.
