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The Em Dash Report – who started punctuating like a language model

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What happened

The Em Dash Report is a website that explores the use of em dashes in writing, specifically how it relates to the way language models like AI generate text. It appears that language models have started using em dashes in their output, which is unusual for human writers. This phenomenon is being studied to understand how language models learn and generate text.

Why it matters

The Em Dash Report highlights the growing influence of AI on language and writing, and how it can lead to new insights into how language models work and how they can be improved.

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