One of Grammarly’s “experts” has filed a lawsuit against the company over its AI identity theft feature

For months, Grammarly has been using the identities of real people (including ours) for its purposes AI Suggestions “Expert Review”. Without their permission, she is now facing a lawsuit from one of the aforementioned journalists, as we mentioned previously Wired. the Collective complaint The lawsuit filed Wednesday by journalist Julia Angwin alleges that Superhuman violated the privacy and publicity rights of “experts” by violating laws against using someone’s identity for commercial purposes without their consent.

Angwin says she discovered her identity had been used before Casey Newton methodand he is also one of the experts in this Edge Its use was revealed by Grammarly when we tested the feature this week. Current kit edge Employees associated with Grammarly’s AI-generated suggestions also appeared, including Editor-in-Chief Nilay Patel.

CEO Shishir Mehrotra He says “Proxy is designed to help users discover influential perspectives and scholarship relevant to their work, while also providing useful ways for experts to build deeper relationships with their fans. We hear the feedback and realize we’ve fallen short of that. I want to apologize and acknowledge that we will rethink our approach going forward.”