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Will the Grammarly Lawsuit Show Us Yet Another Area Where Existing Law is Enough? (We Think So)
In early March, investigative journalist Julia Angwin filed a class action lawsuit against Grammarly’s parent company, Superhuman Platform Inc. over an ill-considered feature of its writing service: an “AI tool” called Expert Review “that enabled Grammarly users to receive feedback on their writing from well-known journalists like Ms. Angwin, and even famous authors like Stephen King.” (Complaint at 1). The filing of the suit drew a flurry of attention. Now that the dust has settled down we offer this blog post as a deeper dive into Angwin’s claims in this suit, some context for how they relate to historical claims…
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