Description: Grammarly's Expert Review feature allegedly used a large language model to generate editing suggestions presented under the names of journalists, authors, and academics without their consent. A federal class action filed by Julia Angwin claimed the feature misappropriated identities for commercial gain and attributed advice the named individuals never gave.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Grammarly , Superhuman , Grammarly Expert Review , Large language model and AI writing assistant developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Julia Angwin , Journalists , Academics , Authors , Writers , Grammarly users and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Grammarly Expert Review , Large language model and AI writing assistant
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1407
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2026-03-11
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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Superhuman, the tech company behind the writing software Grammarly, is facing a class action lawsuit over an AI tool that presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics---none of whom consented to have …
Variants
A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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