I’m not sure why this comment is downvoted, it’s not incorrect and also acknowledges that generative AI is a bad source. Nearly every type of source, no matter how good it is, has an official way to cite it. There are even guidelines on citing in person conversations, social media posts, tiktoks, etc. People are allowed to cite it, but that doesn’t mean they should be. Especially in an academic setting lol. imo another big concern is that half the search results are now LLM slop. Someone might be trying to avoid generative AI and still end up citing a slop article that they didn’t realize was AI. Sources: https://guides.library.ubc.ca/GenAI/cite https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/personal-communications https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/cite-generative-ai-references