When The Atlantic published a searchable dataset of works used to train AI, Kirk Wallace Johnson, like a lot of artists, looked for his name out of curiosity. Along the way artists have been dealt their fair share of wins and losses, especially around the definition of fair use. In the meantime, other artists, perhaps emboldened by Andersen’s efforts, have launched their own legal assaults on the biggest players in AI, including Meta, Google, Anthropic, and AI music generator Suno. She described the sizable settlement as the “first major win for creatives against an AI company … Hopefully that will guide us toward guardrails that are much needed in the industry.” Despite the narrow setbacks in the case against Anthropic and Meta, she believes the pendulum is swinging in artists’ favor.