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.

  • sndrtj@feddit.nlEnglish
    4·
    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.

    • mark@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      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 is completely proprietary. But they’re likely using some third-party engine to send the data to. But I’d love to be proven wrong by them open sourcing the code for it so I can take a look at it myself.

  • 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.