ChatGPT Em Dash

Chat GPT Em Dash, also known as the Chat GPT Hyphen, refers to the idea that AI-generatedtext created using Chat GPTtends to overuse the "long hyphen" (—), correctly known as the "em dash." The use of the em dash has been conflated with AI-generatedwriting since October 2024, with several tech employees, recruiters and marketing specialists on sites like Redditand Linked Inpointing to the symbol as a potential shortcut for identifying AI-generated text. While someinternetusers defended their use of the em dash by pointing to the works of authors like J. R. R. Tolkien and Charles Dickinson or writing styles that make use of it (like AP Style), by early 2025, excessive use of the em dash in internet writing was often equated with AI-generated text.