A Writer is Suing Grammarly for Turning Her and Other Authors into ‘AI Editors’ Without Consent
Grammarly is embroiled in a class action lawsuit after journalist Julia Angwin alleged that the company unlawfully used her identity and those of other writers to power its AI 'Expert Review' feature. This AI tool purportedly generates editing suggestions inspired by real experts but without their explicit consent.
The complaint asserts that Grammarly violated privacy and publicity rights by effectively cloning the style and expertise of real individuals to enhance AI outputs. This controversy raises broader questions about the ethics of training AI models on publicly available content tied to identifiable people.
In response, Grammarly has disabled the Expert Review feature and pledged to redesign it with greater transparency and control for contributors. The case could set significant precedents regarding AI training data use and author rights in the era of generative AI.