Andrea Bartz

Andrea Bartz

Andrea Bartz’s byline has appeared on five best-selling and highly praised novels , a slew of magazine and newspaper articles, and even—way back when she was launching her writing career—pieces in the Shepherd Express .

But her latest credit isn’t for a new novel. Her name appears in the title of a class action lawsuit that has resulted in a landmark $1.5 billion settlement—that’s “billion” with a B—a case that could shape how big tech companies create artificial intelligence tools and AI-generated content that increasingly seeps into our daily lives.

“I couldn’t come up with a good enough reason not to do it,” Bartz told the Shepherd last week. “So I decided to put my name and face on it and to try to fight back.”

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