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One of Grammarly’s ‘experts’ is suing the company over its identity-stealing AI feature

For months, Grammarly has been using the identities of real people (including us) for its "Expert Review" AI suggestions without getting their permission, and now it's facing a lawsuit from one of the journalists included, as previously reported by Wired. The class-action complaint filed by journali...

One of Grammarly’s ‘experts’ is suing the company over its identity-stealing AI feature
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Journalist Julia Angwin is one of the writers whose likeness was used in Grammarly’s “expert review” feature. | Photo: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile via Getty Images

For months, Grammarly has been using the identities of real people (including us) for its "Expert Review" AI suggestions without getting their permission, and now it's facing a lawsuit from one of the journalists included, as previously reported by Wired. The class-action complaint filed by journalist Julia Angwin on Wednesday alleges that Superhuman violated the "experts'" privacy and publicity rights by breaking laws against using someone's identity for commercial purposes without their consent.

Angwin says she found out her identity was used by way of Casey Newton, who is also one of the experts that The Verge uncovered being used by Gra …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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