AI Usage Statement: document your AI use
Enter the AI tools you used, what for, in which part of your work and what you checked yourself. Get an editable declaration and a usage log.
Edit the text as you like. Adapt the wording to what your institution requires.
The Word and CSV exports and the copied table also contain version, input, checks and contribution.
| No. | Tool | Date | Purpose | Part of the work | Edit |
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Six details every AI usage entry should have
Specific entries can be checked. Vague ones cannot.
Tool and version
Which AI tool you used and, if you know it, the model or version, with the date of use.
Purpose
Why you used it: ideas, structure, language, research, translation, code or a first draft.
Part of the work
Which chapter, section or working step the tool touched, so a reader can find it.
Your input
A short summary of what you asked, without confidential or unpublished text.
Your own checks
How you verified facts, sources, code or wording before anything went into your work.
Your contribution
What you wrote, decided or analyzed yourself, in your own words.
From notes to a statement in three steps
Add one entry per use
Record each use separately. Outlining and language editing are two entries, not one.
Edit the draft
The declaration text and the usage log build themselves. Change the text until it fits your rules.
Export or copy
Download a Word file or a CSV table, or copy the text and the table to the clipboard.
What this tool does not do
It records, it does not approve
The statement contains only what you declare. It cannot check your institution's rules and does not make a prohibited use permitted. Check what is allowed before you use a tool. A statement is also not a reference entry: if you quote or paraphrase AI output, see how to cite ChatGPT in APA, MLA and Chicago.
It does not detect AI use
The tool does not read your paper and does not find AI text. To see what an AI indicator reports about a text, use the AI detector. Its results are indicators, not proof.
Data handling: everything runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded or saved. Entries disappear when you close or reload the tab.
Questions about the AI Usage Statement
Yes. It is free, needs no account and has no limit on the number of entries.
No. The tool records what you declare. It cannot check your institution's rules and does not confirm that the AI use was permitted. Read the rules for your course, faculty or publisher before you use an AI tool, not after.
No. The tool runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to our server and nothing is saved. Your entries disappear when you close or reload the tab, so export them first.
That depends on your institution, course or publisher. Many require a declaration and some prohibit certain uses altogether. Ask your instructor or check the written policy, and use the wording they require if they specify one.
Name concrete actions: which facts or sources you verified, which suggestions you rejected, which code you tested. A line such as checked everything tells the reader nothing.
Yes. The declaration text is an editable field. Change it as you like, then copy it or download it as a Word file. The Word file also contains the usage log as a table. The CSV file contains the log only.
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