SMRTR AIMar 23, 2026The Verge

Confronting the CEO of the AI company that impersonated me

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Grammarly's parent company Superhuman launched an "Expert Review" feature that used AI to generate writing suggestions based on prominent journalists and experts, including The Verge's editor-in-chief, without obtaining permission. The feature displayed checkmarks next to names like Nilay Patel and Julia Angwin, making it appear official, which sparked outrage and led to a class-action lawsuit filed by investigative journalist Julia Angwin. CEO Shishir Mehrotra killed the feature entirely, apologizing and calling it "off-strategy," while defending that it wasn't impersonation since suggestions were labeled as "inspired by" these experts with attribution links.

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