A writer is suing Grammarly for turning her and other authors into AI editors without consent | TechCrunch

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News Summary

  • Grammarly’s “Expert Review” feature uses AI to simulate editorial feedback.
  • Grammarly did not get permission from the hundreds of experts it included in this feature.
  • One of the affected writers, journalist Julia Angwin, has filed a class action lawsuit.
  • The company has since disabled the feature, according to a LinkedIn post by Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra.“I am distressed to discover that a tech company is selling an imposter version of my hard-earned expertise,” Angwin said in a statement.
Grammarly released a controversial feature last week that uses AI to simulate editorial feedback, making it seem like youre getting a critique from novelist Stephen King, the late scientist Carl Sag [+2549 chars]

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