Short: Grand Theft Grammarly w/ Julia Angwin & Peter Romer-Friedman
Shownotes
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.
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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 through their legal team and into the public realm.
Please email [email protected] for more info, or if you would like your name to be searched in the list of experts that Grammarly used for their tool.
Further reading & resources:
- Julia’s op ed in the New York Times
- Pre-order Julia’s new book On Courage: How to be a Dissident in an Age of Fear
- Check out The Markup, founded by Julia
- Grammarly pulls AI author-impersonation tool after backlash — BBC 12th March 2026
- Shishir Mehrotra’s (CEO of Grammarly) apology on LinkedIn
- Grammarly Is Offering ‘Expert’ AI Reviews From Your Favorite Authors—Dead or Alive — Wired 4th March 2026
- Grammarly is using our identities without permission — The Verge 6th March 2026
- Grammarly turned me into an AI editor against my will and I hate it — Casey Newton, Platformer 9th March 2026
- Details of the case, from PRF Law, Julia’s representative firm
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