Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A paragraph headed 'Use of Generative AI' stating tools, scope, and human review
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A single sentence in the acknowledgements saying 'thanks to ChatGPT for help' fails as a disclosure statement
Editorial commentary
A generative-AI disclosure statement is a dedicated section in a manuscript — typically headed “Use of Generative AI” or similar — that consolidates all disclosures of AI tool use across the work: which tools, which versions, which sections were affected, and how the human authors verified the output, in one fixed, findable location rather than scattered through the methods section.
Why publishers moved to a fixed section
The convention parallels two other now-standard fixed-location statements: conflict-of-interest disclosures and funding statements. Placing AI-use disclosure in its own labelled section — rather than leaving it to authors to mention wherever seemed natural — means readers, editors, and reviewers can locate it without reading the full text, and means editorial checks for the presence of a disclosure can be automated or at least mechanically verified. This is now the dominant format at major publishers rather than a stylistic option.
How this differs from AI tool disclosure
The disclosure statement is a structural and placement convention — a fixed section. AI tool disclosure is the substantive content requirement that goes inside it — naming the tool, version, purpose, and locus of use. A journal can require the statement (the section must exist) and separately specify what counts as adequate disclosure within it (the content standard); satisfying one does not automatically satisfy the other.
Sources
Elsevier Generative AI Policies (2023); Springer Nature AI authorship policy; ICMJE Recommendations (2023 update).
Also known as
GenAI use statement · AI disclosure section
Machine-readable encodings
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