In defense of the newly controversial punctuation mark, which has become a target for those determined to root out AI writing ...

The extra-long hyphen known as the em dash is common in AI-generated text. While some writers have responded by choosing to avoid the punctuation mark, others are fighting back.

Controlling punctuation is a main concern for users who depend on ChatGPT for professional, academic, or publishing tasks.

OpenAI has not achieved its goal of developing a superintelligence or artificial general intelligence, nor has it cracked its ...

Now, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company has fixed the problem. In a post on X, Altman writes, “If you tell ChatGPT not to ...

On Thursday evening, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X that ChatGPT has started following custom instructions to avoid using em-dashes. “Small-but-happy win: If you tell ChatGPT not to use em-dashes ...

OpenAI has finally fixed ChatGPT’s em dash problem, according to the company’s CEO, Sam Altman. Over the weekend, Altman revealed the update in a post on X, calling it a “small-but-happy win.” If you ...

It’s rare that a punctuation mark becomes grist for the online rumor mill. But recently, an uptick in focus on AI and its impacts has brought a Blake Lively-esque level of attention to the em dash, ...

People are treating the presence of em dashes, especially if they’re used in abundance, as one of the biggest tells if ...

Sam Altman announced that ChatGPT finally stops using em dashes when users ask it not to, fixing one of the AI’s most ...

It seems a day does not go by without seeing someone confidently assert on social media that an em dash is not an indicator of AI-written text. Those social media posts are in response to an ongoing ...