Source: https://front-end.social/@fox/110846484782705013

Text in the screenshot from Grammarly says:

We develop data sets to train our algorithms so that we can improve the services we provide to customers like you. We have devoted significant time and resources to developing methods to ensure that these data sets are anonymized and de-identified.

To develop these data sets, we sample snippets of text at random, disassociate them from a user’s account, and then use a variety of different methods to strip the text of identifying information (such as identifiers, contact details, addresses, etc.). Only then do we use the snippets to train our algorithms-and the original text is deleted. In other words, we don’t store any text in a manner that can be associated with your account or used to identify you or anyone else.

We currently offer a feature that permits customers to opt out of this use for Grammarly Business teams of 500 users or more. Please let me know if you might be interested in a license of this size, and I’II forward your request to the corresponding team.

    • mark@programming.devEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Came here to say this. I’ve been using LanguageTool for a while, but they’ve also recently started implementing AI into the product.

      Using AI itself isnt a problem if the engine they’re using completely proprietary. But they’re likely using some third-party engine to send the data to. But I’d love to be proven weong by them open sourcing the code for it so I can take a look at it myself.

    • keegomatic@kbin.social
      271·
      1 year ago

      I see this complaint a lot but honestly I don’t quite understand what the big deal is. Not everyone is subscribed to the same communities. Personally, I’d love a feature on kbin/lemmy that rolled up duplicate posts on the client, but it’s really not that annoying for me to see a couple dupes in my feed if they’re posted in relevant communities /shrug

      • stopthatgirl7@kbin.social
        22·
        1 year ago

        Case in point, this post is the only one I’ve seen of this, so I must not be following any of the other communities/magazines the OP posted to.

    • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.ccEnglish
      91·
      1 year ago

      Maybe it’s relevant to those community i guess, so they posted it there. I didn’t see such complaint in reddit where multiple sub posted the same stuff over a few days(eg: games, gaming, pcgaming, pcmr, so on and so forth, can share the same exact news and it will appear in your feed multiple times), so not sure why it suddenly a problem in Lemmy.

  • sndrtj@feddit.nlEnglish
    142·
    1 year ago

    Grammarly is basically a keylogger anyway, with every stroke send to their servers. Why ANY business even allows their employees to use this is really beyond me.

  • arthurpizza@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    1 year ago

    The only way to avoid Grammarly using your data for AI is to pay for 500 accounts

    Protip: You can also simply not use grammarly.

  • Kinglink@lemmy.worldEnglish
    118·
    1 year ago

    I mean you’ve been using their service for free…

    Listen I get people who but they have said they train their programs based on your responses for a while. If your not paying for these services then yeah they are going to monetize and improve the service off of what you do and includes ai.

    Start paying for the services you use… And I don’t mean simple ten or twelve dollar a month plans, which I’m betting she doesn’t use either

    People really have gotten used to the free lunch model…

      • Kinglink@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        Find better solutions. I found that grammarly results are similar to office. If you want to buy a product buying word versus renting grammarly would be a better choice.

        There’s multiple other websites that do the same as grammarly. But if you choose to go with a free option or low cost option this happens

  • monobot@lemmy.mlEnglish
    42·
    1 year ago

    So… grammarly is problem to help you write an email or a document you will send via gmail or publish online?

    Or you use grammarly for private diary?

    • gps@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Most people consider email private. Plus a lot of people use Grammarly for work documents.

  • Dr. Dabbles@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    There is a second way, legend has it. The ancient ones tell a tale of the one that does not use the service, and does not train someone else’s shitty models for free.