Tom Simonite
simonite.bsky.social
Tom Simonite
@simonite.bsky.social
Tech companies editor @washingtonpost.com // tom.simonite@washpost.com
Does ChatGPT really love em dashes and say yes a lot? @jeremybmerrill.com analyzed more than 30,000 publicly shared ChatGPT conversations to find out.

The data shows that ChatGPT's use of em dashes soared this year
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November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Sora can mimic Netflix shows, movies, TikTok videos and Twitch streams, suggesting it was trained on versions of the originals. Netflix said it didn't provide data to OpenAI. Twitch said it doesn't have a partnership w/ OpenAI.
September 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
OpenAI won't say whose content it used to train its video generator Sora. Here are some clues.
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September 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
AI chatbots now rival social media for the stickiest apps by time spent -- but AI companions and girlfriends/boyfriends soak up much much more of their users' time than do ChatGPT and Claude
June 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
They were individually wrapped apnews.com/article/gard...
April 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
New: Elon Musk's online reach dominates that of Donald Trump, data shows, as he leans into using X as a tool of political influence www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
December 17, 2024 at 7:14 PM