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Your word of the day is ‘sloppelganger.’

Bluesky user @lifewinning.com just coined a catchy term for Grammarly’s AI agent masquerading as Verge staff members. After backlash last week, Superhuman says writers can now email them to opt out of Grammarly’s “expert review” feature.

“A little offended Grammarly didn’t make a sloppelganger of me.”

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