Before using generative AI in your assignment, make sure:
Remember, when you are writing a piece of work and use someone else's words or ideas, you must say to the reader when you do so. Obviously, ChatGPT isn't a someone, it's a something, but anything you use in your work that has been AI-generated has to be cited. You didn't create this, after all, so you must give credit to the machine that did it for you.
Regarding referencing ChatGPT and other generative AI tools, there is a slight problem in that the referencing style - Harvard Style - used in FET colleges isn't a system, it's a style, with many different variations. Other referencing systems (e.g., APA) are created and maintained by an official body of editors. There's no official Harvard Style, so there is no definitive, "official" way of referencing generative AI. Until there's some consensus (and do check this page now and again to see if the information here has been updated) then:
It's likely that your interaction with generative AI is private, so treat this as a personal communication.
There are two ways of dealing with personal communications, depending on whether other people can access the communication.
If there's no way of accessing the communication, then you only need to include an in-text citation; no reference list entry is needed.
Businesses have embraced social media as a marketing tool, enabling them “to raise brand awareness and engage with users” (OpenAI ChatGPT, personal communication, 26th September 2023)
If the generative AI content is accessible to other people, that is, if there is a public link to the communication (if your chat history is saved and public)
Then, you need an in-text citation and a reference list entry.
Businesses have embraced social media as a marketing tool, enabling them “to raise brand awareness and engage with users” (OpenAI ChatGPT, 2023)
Open AI ChatGPT (2023) Why do business use social media? ChatGPT response to [Your name]. Available from: https://chat.openai.com/share/... [Accessed 26 September 2023].
