OpenAI announced that its latest model update improves ChatGPT's handling of em dashes, a change praised by CEO Sam Altman. The adjustment, achieved through reinforcement learning and fine‑tuning, gives custom instructions greater weight in the model's output probabilities. While the fix marks a notable step in steering model behavior, developers caution that future updates could unintentionally revert such tweaks, a phenomenon known as the “alignment tax.” The episode revives broader discussions about AI alignment and the path toward artificial general intelligence. Leia mais →