Policy on use of AI tools by authors
We plan to generally follow the ACM Policy on the use of AI tools.
Executive Summary:
If you used generative AI for grammar/spell checking and basic editing, please so state in the acknowledgement section. If you used AI for more extensive editing, please disclose and describe all your AI-related edits, if not in the text, then in a supplementary material (or appendix), including the AI version, AI prompt and query, etc. to the best of your ability.
Here is what ACM (paraphrased) state on their webpage:
1. Can I use generative AI software tools to prepare my manuscript?
Yes, the use of such tools is permitted, subject to the following requirements:
- That these systems do not plagiarize, misrepresent, or falsify content in the submissions.
- That the resulting Work in its totality is an accurate representation of the authors’ underlying work and novel intellectual contributions and is not primarily the result of the tool’s generative capabilities.
- That the authors accept responsibility for the veracity and correctness of all material in their Work, including any computer-generated material.
2. If I use generative AI software tools, under what conditions must I disclose their use in my Work?
Today’s generative AI software tools perform different tasks and it is reasonable to expect that their use and use cases will expand and become more robust over time. Whether disclosure in your published ACM Work is necessary depends on how you utilize these tools. The following guidelines should be followed when determining whether and to what extent disclosure must be provided in your Work.
- If you are using generative AI software tools such as ChatGPT, Jasper, AI-Writer, Lex, or other similar tools to generate new content such as text, images, tables, code, etc. you must disclose their use in either the acknowledgements section of the Work or elsewhere in the Work prominently. The level of disclosure should be commensurate with the proportion of new text or content generated by these tools.
- If entire sections of a Work, including tables, graphs, images, and other content were generated by one of these tools, you should disclose which sections and which tools and tool versions you used to generate those sections by preparing an Appendix or a Supplementary Material document that describes the use, including but not limited to the specific tools and versions, the text of the prompts provided as input, and any post-generation editing (such as rephrasing the generated text). Authors should also note that the amount or type of generated text allowable may vary depending on the type of the section or paper affected. For example, using such tools to generate portions of a Related Work section is fundamentally different than generating novel results or interpretations.
- If the amount of text being generated is small (limited to phrases or sentences), then it would be sufficient to add a footnote to the relevant section of the submission utilizing the system(s) and include a general disclaimer in the Acknowledgements section.
- If you are using generative AI software tools to edit and improve the quality of your existing text in much the same way you would use a typing assistant like Grammarly to improve spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity, engagement or to use a basic word processing system to correct spelling or grammar, it is not necessary to disclose such usage of these tools in your Work.
3. Can a generative AI tool be listed as an author?
No!