[What!] The Verge – no paywall: “Superhuman says it has disabled Grammarly’s “expert review” AI feature that said its edit suggestions were “inspired by” real writers, including our editor-in-chief and other Verge staff members. “After careful consideration, we have decided to disable Expert Review as we reimagine the feature to make it more useful for users, while giving experts real control over how they want to be represented — or not represented at all,” Ailian Gan, Superhuman’s director of product management, said in a statement to The Verge. “Based on the feedback we’ve received, we clearly missed the mark. We are sorry and will do things differently going forward.” Yesterday, Superhuman responded by launching an email inbox for writers to opt out of “expert review,” but now acknowledges that it didn’t go far enough. Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra also apologized and commented on the company’s plans in a post on LinkedIn, saying he hopes to build a future where “experts choose to participate, shape how their knowledge is represented, and control their business model.”

See also Wired – Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature. The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent. 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 their names appear within the product. [Includes links to case documents]