Grammarly has pulled its AI-powered Expert Review feature after being called out for using journalists' and authors' identities without permission . The writing assistant software is now facing a class action lawsuit accusing it of exploiting writers' names for its own profit.

Launched alongside seven other AI agents last August, Expert Review was available on Grammarly's Free and $12 Pro plans at launch, and was promoted as providing users with feedback on the content of their writing. A page on Grammarly's website which has since been taken down stated that Expert Review "[drew] on insights from subject-matter experts and trusted publications," and provided AI-generated feedback "based on publicly available expert content" ( via Wayback Machine ).…