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EPISODE · Nov 5, 2025 · 18 MIN

Author takes on AI company who pirated her book

from Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

When New York based, Queer thriller writer Andrea Bartz, discovered the AI company Anthropic, had pirated her book to train its AI large language models, she decided to sue. Alongside two other authors, a class action suit was filed. In a landmark settlement, Anthropic agreed to pay 2.28 billion dollars to five hundred thousand authors. It’s the largest payout in the history of U.S copyright cases.GUEST: Queer thriller writer Andrea Bartz, author of The Last Ferry OutPRODUCER: Ali Benton

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