Overview
- CEO Sam Altman announced the change on X, calling it a “small-but-happy win.”
- ChatGPT now honors user-set preferences to avoid the em dash, addressing prior complaints that such requests were ignored.
- OpenAI said on Threads that this is not a default behavior change and that users must set the preference in personalization settings.
- The adjustment targets a stylistic hallmark often used to spot AI-written text, potentially reducing that tell.
- The tweak aligns with OpenAI’s push for greater customization through features like memory and custom GPTs, and it drew widespread, lighthearted reactions online.