In a world where artificial general intelligence (AGI) often steals the spotlight, OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman has taken a moment ...

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 ...

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

It's a "small but happy victory." OpenAI's Sam Altman confirms the fix for the infamous ChatGPT em dash. The tech company now gives users control over its most criticized punctuation symbol.

In a new personalization update, OpenAI says that ChatGPT will now respect your instruction to avoid using em-dashes when set in custom preferences. This might look trivial, but it marks a deeper ...

If you’ve ever found yourself confused about the difference between a dash and a hyphen, and when to use a hyphen, you’re far from alone. When you handwrite them, they probably look exactly the same.

Gen Z thinks they’ve figured out a dead giveaway that someone has used ChatGPT — and it might surprise you. The em dash is punctuation loved by writers everywhere, functioning like a comma, colon or a ...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been giving this note to my editing clients: “Replace floating hyphen with proper em dash.” It comes up when I’m proofreading images, like PDFs, and I see a hyphen ...