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

It's a "small but happy victory." OpenAI's Sam Altman confirms the fix for the infamous ChatGPT em dash. The tech company now ...

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 ...

Hyphens are only used to combine certain words together. They are not strong enough to set off phrases or words from a sentence. Use hyphens in the following situations: Use in compound numbers and ...

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

When I was in the fifth grade at a semi-reputable English-medium school in Dhaka, a friend had the audacity to make fart noises in class and pin the blame on me. Mind you, this was a school where we ...

OpenAI says it has resolved a longstanding issue that caused ChatGPT to continue using em dashes even when users explicitly ...

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 ...