April 19, 2024

Emerging Standards for Using LLMs Like ChatGPT in Research Publications

Author: david
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The journal Nature, and all other Springer Nature titles, have updated their Guide to Authors with rules for using LLMs like ChatGPT when writing research articles for the publication. To summarize, the rules say: 1. DO NOT list the LLM as an author, and 2. DO describe how you used the LLM in a Methods, Acknowledgments, or other appropriate section. With a journal as prestigious as Nature having established formal guidelines, I expect other journals will adopt similar rules relatively quickly. It’s interesting to see how different fields are grappling with the different issues raised by LLMs. As I wrote…

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