Superhuman faces a proposed class action lawsuit from Julia Angwin, founder of The Markup, alleging Grammarly's Expert Review tool involved “misappropriation”
Wired Miles Klee
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Discussion
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@youwouldntpost
Miles Klee
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SCOOP: The writing software Grammarly will discontinue its AI “Expert Review” feature, which used the names of authors without their permission to suggest edits. But parent company Superhuman is still facing a class-action lawsuit over it, brought by journalist Julia Angwin. [ima…
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@nixxin
Nikhil Pahwa
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An AI product turned me into a feature. (image attached) Someone in my team was editing an article using Grammarly, and it surfaced my name (Nikhil Pahwa, Founder of MediaNama) except I hadn't signed up for this. There were disclaimers, saying that the experts (named after [image…
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@venikunche
@venikunche
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It is wild that we are at this point. Gen AI companies should have been shut down as soon as we found out that they used people's work without compensation. These companies need to be held accountable. Best of luck to everyone suing them! https://www.wired.com/...
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@juliaangwin.com
Julia Angwin
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I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent. — State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes. — www.wired.com/story/gr…
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@karlbode.com
Karl Bode
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that this idea (stealing experts' work and identities to create a lazy automated copy) made it past legal is so wild
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@karanicolas
Michael Karanicolas
on bluesky
So, does Grammerly have, y'know, lawyers? — And assuming the answer is yes, what exactly do they spend their days doing? — Because if I could see this lawsuit coming a mile away, how is it possible their in-house counsel gave it the green light? [embedded post]
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@jameslowder
James Lowder
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From the law firm's statement. “For over 100 years, New York law has prohibited companies from using a person's name for commercial purposes without their consent. The law does not provide an exception for technology companies or AI.”
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@campuscodi.risky.biz
Catalin Cimpanu
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lol.... copyright and trademark law basics [embedded post]
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@evacide
@evacide
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For all the people saying that Grammarly should be sued over its “expert review” feature, here is the Grammarly class action lawsuit, alleging violation of the right to privacy and the right of publicity: prf-law.com/current-case...
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@manishakrishnan
Manisha Krishnan
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Scoop: Grammarly is facing a class action lawsuit over its AI “expert review” tool, which presented advice from living and dead authors without their consent. Parent company Superhuman pulled the feature earlier today following backlash. by @milesklee.bsky.social www.wired.com/s…
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@couts
Andrew Couts
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NEW: Grammarly got hit with a class-action lawsuit this afternoon over its AI “expert review” feature that uses real experts' likenesses without their consent. @juliaangwin.com is the only named plaintiff. @milesklee.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/gramma...
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@dsilverman@mastodon.social
Dwight Silverman
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What the hell was Grammarly thinking? — Oh wait. They weren't. — https://www.wired.com/...
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@stancarey@mastodon.ie
Stan Carey
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I'd like to see Grammarly try to defend themselves against a class action lawsuit with an “AI” lawyer, but even they probably know better than that — https://www.wired.com/... #Grammarly #tech #books #AI #lawsuit