Forget AGI—Sam Altman celebrates ChatGPT finally following em dash formatting rules

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 ...

Inside the unofficial movement to save the em dash — from A.I.

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.

ChatGPT finally fixes the em-dash habit, because punctuation matters

In a new personalization update, OpenAI says that ChatGPT will now respect your instruction to avoid using em-dashes when set ...
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9 Funny Examples That Prove Why Punctuation Is Important

Clarity is essential in life. A misinterpreted sentence, whether verbal or written, may have disastrous consequences. The importance of punctuation marks is clearly demonstrated in the difference ...
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Our best punctuation mark is dying out; people need to learn how to use it

Forget black rhinos and the Amazon rainforest: there’s something arguably just as precious joining the endangered species list, only this time, it’s a grammatical rather than biological extinction ...