Short: Grand Theft Grammarly w/ Julia Angwin & Peter Romer-Friedman
Grammarly launched a feature that no one wanted and now they’re getting sued. They used the names of writers, journalists, and editors to pretend that AI versions of those people were making writing suggestions via the application. None of these ‘expert reviewers’ had any idea. Grammarly pissed off the wrong journalist.
And now Julia Angwin is suing them.
More like this: The Toxic Relationship Between AI & Journalism w/ Nic Dawes
In this episode Julia (and her lawyer Peter) discuss what happened with Grammarly, why she’s suing, and how neither of them can believe that this tool made it…
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