Grammarly’s New Partnership Is Making AI Writing Assistance More Inclusive
Latimer AI, the first inclusive Large Language Model (LLM), and Grammarly are collaborating to help students improve their writing skills and cultural awareness. Grammarly for Education customers will now have access to both services, enabling institutions to enhance students’ academic success and improve learning outcomes.
“Our partnership with Latimer helps us further demonstrate this commitment by providing an inclusive LLM to the more than 3,000 educational institutions we work with, supporting equity efforts in higher education,” Jenny Maxwell, Head of Education at Grammarly, said.
Increasing students’ cultural awareness
Latimer is the first online AI resource for accurate historical information and bias-free interaction. It differs from other LLMs in that it utilizes licensed and exclusive content from esteemed sources, such as the New York Amsterdam News, the second-oldest Black newspaper published in the US, to create its training platform. Additionally, it employs a Retrieval Augmented Generation (“RAG”) mode.
Teaching students how to use AI effectively
Dr. Robert MacAuslan, VP of AI at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), who is a customer of both Grammarly and Latimer, said, “We recognize two essential truths about artificial intelligence: first, that AI literacy and exposure are critical to student success; and second, that these tools inherently reflect the biases of those who design and maintain them.”
He adds that acknowledging this means they have a responsibility to provide learners with technologies that reduce bias and teach students how to use the tools ethically.
“Grammarly for Education’s focus on providing writing support is complementary to what we’re building and reinforces the idea that writers need not become overly reliant on AI, but rather that AI is a tool that augments without replacing the work of real people,” Latimer CEO, John Pasmore, says.
Image: John Pasmore
