OpenAI says it’s fixed ChatGPT’s em dash problem
In Brief Posted: 9:59 AM PST · November 14, 2025 Image Credits:Silas Stein/picture alliance / Getty Images Sarah Perez OpenAI says it’s fixed ChatGPT’s em dash problem OpenAI says ChatGPT will now ditch the em dashes if you tell it to. The telltale sign that supposedly signals text written by AI has popped up everywhere in recent months, including in school papers, emails, comments, customer service chats, LinkedIn posts, online forums, ad copy, and more. The inclusion of the em dash has led people to criticize those writers for being lazy and turning to an AI chatbot to do their work. Of course, many have also argued for the em dash, saying it’s been a part of their writing well before LLMs adopted the punctuation. However, the fact that chatbots couldn’t seem…
