Always ask your professor if you are allowed to use generative AI in your research before using any tool! If you are allowed to use genAI in your research, the Artificial Intelligence Disclosure (AID) Framework (2024) is one tool you can use to declare usage. This framework was developed by Kari D. Weaver, Learning, Teaching, and Instructional Design Librarian, to enhance transparency and consistency in attribution practices for generative artificial intelligence.
The Artificial Intelligence Disclosure (AID) Framework provides a means for you to disclose your use of AI in your research.
- Add the AID statement at the end of your paper
- In the statement, include the tool used and a description of how it was used. The Framework provides a list of potential uses of AI tools for you to choose from. These are called “headings”.
- Use this format for the AID statement: AID Statement: Artificial Intelligence Tool: [description of tools used]; [Heading- how you used the AI tool]: [description of AI use in that stage of the work]; Note that a colon appears after each section heading and each heading: statement pair is separated by a semi-colon. The statement ends in a period.
- Example of an AID statement: AID Statement: Artificial Intelligence Tool: Microsoft Copilot (Mohawk College institutional instance); Data Analysis: Microsoft Copilot was used to analyze the focus group data I collected for this research paper; Interpretation: Microsoft Copilot was used to summarize and categorize the themes in the focus group data and suggest conclusions.
- See a list of the potential headings (e.g., interpretation, data analysis, etc.) at this University of Waterloo webpage. Use only the headings that are relevant.
This content is an adaptation of the Artificial Intelligence Disclosure (AID) Framework (2024) by Dr. Kari D. Weaver, University of Waterloo Libraries. It has been produced as allowed under its assigned CC-BY-SA 4.0 license. 