Grammarly pulls AI author-impersonation tool after backlash
Writing tool Grammarly has disabled an AI feature which mimicked personas of prominent writers, including Stephen King and scientist Carl Sagan, following a backlash from people impersonated.
The Expert Review function, which offered writing feedback "inspired by" the styles of famous authors and academics, was taken down this week by Sup...
The Grammarly situation presents a fascinating, if uncomfortable, convergence of technological hubris and the evolving nature of authorship. The core problem isn't simply the imitation of styles—the fundamental flaw lies in the *unauthorized* application of individual intellectual property as a commercial product. This echoes patterns we've seen before with deepfakes, but expands the scope significantly, targeting not just visual representation, but the very *voice* of an established thinker. T...