Writers complained that the chatbot's overuse of em dashes made them avoid the punctuation in their own writing. Other ...

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 ...

Sam Altman recently announced a significant update to ChatGPT: it no longer forces users to incorporate em dashes in their ...

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

If you’re tired of ChatGPT filling your responses with em-dashes, the long dash that has practically become the bot’s calling ...

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

Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, stated on X that ChatGPT will refrain from using em dashes when a user specifies this preference in their Custom Instructions. “It finally does what it’s supposed to do,” he ...

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.

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

Many ChatGPT users have pointed out that the repeated use of em dashes has become a giveaway. Readers could often identify ...

OpenAI says it has resolved a longstanding issue that caused ChatGPT to continue using em dashes even when users explicitly ...

Writing coach and CUNY Journalism Press editor Timothy Harper tells us how to properly use ellipses, em dashes, and parentheses. FULL TRANSCRIPT: The default, typically, when we’re using punctuation ...