A debate surrounds the em dash, dubbed the 'ChatGPT hyphen'. Gen Z and social media users link it to AI content. However, literary figures like Jane Austen used it too. Its presence in AI stems from ...

AI and writing programs like ChatGPT and Grammarly have turned what used to be a mark of human intuition into a red flag for ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook I’ve been told that I use too many dashes. My high school AP Language and Composition teacher ...

Do you have an em dash problem? No? Lucky you. I do and, until the other day, I didn’t even know it was a problem. What is an em dash, you ask? Sorry, I should have ...

A computer screen reflects a window, and shows the default prompt when opening ChatGPT, a popular generative AI application often credited with igniting the AI boom since its release in 2022. (Photo ...

Theo W. Tobel ’27 — a Crimson Editorial editor — is a Philosophy and Neuroscience concentrator in Dunster House. But there is something far worse that LLMs are doing: They are taking away the em dash ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Over the past few years, researchers have been exploring whether it’s even possible to ...