India, April 16 -- A popular punctuation mark has unexpectedly landed at the centre of an AI-related debate, thanks to Gen Z's latest take on spotting ChatGPT-written text. The em dash - a versatile tool used by writers for emphasis, expansion, or interruption - is now being dubbed the "ChatGPT hyphen" by young internet users.

The trend gained traction after podcasters Daisy Reed and Sapna Rao, co-hosts of the "LuxeGen Podcast," brought it up during a recent episode. The clip quickly went viral on X (formerly Twitter), where one user shared the snippet with the caption, "The fact that Zoomers are unironically referring to the em dash as 'the ChatGPT hyphen' is wild."

Reed pointed out a specific instance that caught her eye, clothing bra...