Suspicious that an awkward email or stilted college essay may have been written by artificial intelligence? Some people think there’s a surefire way to tell — the em dash. Writers, journalists and ...

The debate about ChatGPT’s use of the em dash signifies a shift in not only how we write, but what writing is for.

Once a stylistic flourish, the em dash is now an AI tell, sparking debates on LinkedIn about authenticity and writing style.

In the escalating arms race between AI models like ChatGPT and human beings trying to determine if what they're reading was machine-generated, there is no easy or surefire way to spot the bot - or is ...