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OpenAI Lets Users Tweak ChatGPT to Stop Overuse of Em Dash: Follow These 5 Simple Steps

Em dash use in ChatGPT responses rose from under 10% to over 50% in a year due to training data biases; users can reduce usage with custom instructions.

Summary by Indian Express
The em dash has recently gained a reputation as a marker of AI-generated text, sometimes leading to mistaken claims and criticism.

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For months, the excessive use of the long script (em dash) became one of the most recurring clues to detect whether a text had been written by an artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT. Whether it was in emails, school jobs, social media posts or even customer service messages, this typographical signal appeared so often that many associated it directly with AI-generated content. Although the long script takes its place in formal and creative w…

In a post at X, the OpenAI boss explains that you have got to grips with a grievous problem with the long crossstrokes.

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