Over time, people have learned how to train ChatGPT out of using the em dash. You can tell it to “remember to never use an em ...

In the escalating arms race between AI models like ChatGPT and human beings trying to determine if what they're reading was machine-generated, there is no easy or surefire way to spot the bot - or is ...

I have been reading posts about em dashes lately. Some criticize their use, while others defend them, especially when they appear in content assumed to be artificial intelligence (AI)-generated. Maybe ...

If you spend any time online, you know the em dash has seen a resurgence like no other punctuation mark. Sometimes in the middle of the sentence, sometimes in the end, mostly everywhere. For a couple ...

Sam Altman has announced what he calls a “small but happy win”. His reason? If you tell ChatGPT not to use em dashes, it finally listens. This might sound like a tiny victory in the world of ...

The debate about ChatGPT’s use of the em dash signifies a shift in not only how we write, but what writing is for. By Nitsuh Abebe There are countless signals you might look for to determine whether a ...

It seems a day does not go by without seeing someone confidently assert on social media that an em dash is not an indicator of AI-written text. Those social media posts are in response to an ongoing ...