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

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

The dreaded em-dash is one of the biggest giveaways of AI-generated writing. Chatbots love to use it for some reason, ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

OpenAI's recent GPT-5.1 update enhances the model's ability to adhere to user formatting requests, specifically regarding ...

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 ...