India, Nov. 14 -- OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman sparked a lively conversation online after revealing that ChatGPT had finally learned to follow a long pending user instruction. Altman shared a brief update on X, saying, "Small but happy win: If you tell ChatGPT not to use em-dashes in your custom instructions, it finally does what it's supposed to do!"

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The post quickly gathered traction, receiving more than 274k views along with hundreds of reactions.

What began as a simple update from the OpenAI CEO soon turned into an unexpected public discussion on punctuation habits, user frustrations, and writing preferences. Many users joined in with humorous remarks, pointing out their own experiences with the ever p...