After social media backlash, Superhuman says authors can now opt out of Grammarly's Expert Review feature by emailing a dedicated address
No apology, no overall change in direction. … They did the same to my boss Nilay Patel, my colleagues David Pierce and Tom Warren, and …
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Discussion
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@mikeisaac
Rat King
on x
so it is incumbent upon ME for opting out of YOU using ME as the voice of your AI “expert” ? this screams eventual lawsuit https://www.theverge.com/... [image]
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@kevinmkruse
Kevin M. Kruse
on bluesky
I've decided that instead of wasting my own time to see if Grammarly has stolen my name and writing for use their business, I'd just email them to opt out and make them waste some time cleaning up their own goddamn mess. — www.platformer.news/grammarly- ex... [image]
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@jasonsanford
Jason Sanford
on bluesky
Spoiler: Corporation hopes to keep exploiting writers until writers forget they're being exploited. [embedded post]
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@skriptorium.info
Alastair Millar
on bluesky
What, and I mean this most sincerely, The Absolute Fuck? — By default, Grammarly's new “Expert Review” feature uses users'/writers' names to give its AI suggestions credibility. And it's opt-OUT not opt-IN. And they didn't tell anyone they'd started doing it.
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@lilithsaintcrow.com
Lili Saintcrow
on bluesky
“Indeed, no one asked me for permission to use my name in this way, much less compensate me for whatever expert-reviewing labor my AI clone was apparently now doing on my behalf. (An annual subscription to Grammarly costs $144.)”
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@hypervisible.blacksky.app
@hypervisible.blacksky.app
on bluesky
“Now, Grammarly has finally addressed the backlash — but not by apologizing, and not by walking the feature back. For now, it will graciously give us the chance to opt-out of something we didn't know it was doing to begin with.”
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@ketanjoshi.co
Ketan Joshi
on bluesky
100% the inclusion of @timnitgebru.bsky.social in Grammarly's fake “expert review” feature was a bit of slimy, acidic trolling from some juvenile AI dudebro. Just unbelievably nasty — Reminds me how Altman picked Miyazaki's aesthetic for a viral trend as revenge — www.platfo…
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@lioneldavoust.com
@lioneldavoust.com
on bluesky
“The company tells Platformer it will let experts opt out of the controversial feature — but how different is it than what every other AI company is doing?” — Burn this to the ground then salt the earth. — www.platformer.news/grammarly- ex...
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@juliaangwin.com
Julia Angwin
on bluesky
Wait, what?! Grammarly made an AI persona of me and all these other journalists?!!!!! — Thank you @caseynewton.bsky.social for shaming them into at least offering a paltry optout— although obviously that is not enough. — www.platformer.news/grammarly- ex...
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@samitsarkar
Samit Sarkar
on bluesky
“But for both ‘expert review’ and chatbots in general, my underlying discomfort is the same. Most of my published work appears already to be inside these models, shaping their outputs in ways I never agreed to and will never fully understand. Grammarly just had the bad manners …
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@illleavenow
@illleavenow
on bluesky
I'm sorry, they're exploiting people's reputations and implying users are benefitting from their expertise without their knowledge or permission and have the AUDACITY to put the onus on their damn victims to opt out?!??! — www.platformer.news/grammarly- ex...