THEY REMOVED THE EMDASHES: AI circles mourn the death of a tell
nicolechirps · x · 2026-09-23
Theo posted "THEY REMOVED THE EMDASHES," pointing out that OpenAI apparently fixed the model's notorious em-dash habit — long joked about as the giveaway tell of AI-generated text. Nicole Hu called it "big news." A fitting end to one of the AI community's favorite memes.
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