Em dashes are described as a recognizable ChatGPT writing artifact in social and SEO copywriting.
- Treat as a copy QA warning: remove overused AI-style punctuation and artifacts when human tone matters.
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2025-11-15Huge news from the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman:” If you tell ChatGPT not to use em dashes in your custom instructions, it finally does what it's supposed to do." Em dashes, “—”...
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iHuge news from the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman. If you tell ChatGPT not to use em dashes in your custom instructions, it finally does what it's supposed to do. Em dashes.
These very long dashes have become a clear sign that something is written with ChatGPT. Anybody who uses ChatGPT regularly will notice them. When you see em dashes in social media posts, SEO copywriting, it often identifies the text as being written with AI.
This changes everything. Go to personalization in ChatGPT. Write don't use em dashes.
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Em dashes are described as a recognizable ChatGPT writing artifact in social and SEO copywriting.
What should an operator take from it?
Treat as a copy QA warning: remove overused AI-style punctuation and artifacts when human tone matters.
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Huge news from the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman. If you tell ChatGPT not to use em dashes in your custom instructions, it finally does what it's supposed to do. Em dashes. These very long dashes have become a clear sign that something is written with ChatGPT. Anybody who uses ChatGPT regularly will notice them...