Grammarly Hit With Class Action Over Fake "Expert" Reviews
Julia Angwin alleges Grammarly's Expert Review tool used real authors' identities without consent to generate editing suggestions.
Grammarly is staring down a proposed class action lawsuit over its now-defunct Expert Review feature. Julia Angwin, founder of The Markup, is leading the charge.
The allegation is wild: Grammarly's tool reportedly served up editing suggestions disguised as if they came from real, established authors and academics. The catch? None of those people gave permission. Angwin's lawsuit calls it straight-up "misappropriation."
Grammarly pulled the plug on the feature Wednesday, but the legal damage may already be done. The lawsuit targets Superhuman as well, dragging the popular email client into the mess.
Using real people's professional identities to lend credibility to AI-generated suggestions is a bold move — and apparently a legally questionable one. The case could set a meaningful precedent for how writing tools leverage human expertise without, you know, actually involving the humans.