The "em dash" is seen by some as a dead giveaway of AI-generated text, mainly because ChatGPT loves to use it.

In a new personalization update, OpenAI says that ChatGPT will now respect your instruction to avoid using em-dashes when set ...

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

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 ...

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

Em dashes— once considered a snooty punctuation— have taken over texts that don’t need them, and ChatGPT is the biggest ...

Many writers complained about how the chatbot’s overuse of em-dashes made them avoid it in their own writing. Other ChatGPT ...

The em dash has recently gained a reputation as a marker of AI-generated text, sometimes leading to mistaken claims and ...

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

ChatGPT now follows custom instructions to reduce em-dash overuse. Here’s why it matters, what to expect and five simple ...

OpenAI has resolved ChatGPT's overuse of em dashes. Users can now instruct the chatbot to avoid them with success. New ...