what Amodei had written in 2021. Artist Karla Ortiz posted about it on both X and Bluesky. The easiest way to show you the document she wanted people to see is to copy the images from X, then her posts from Bluesky going into specifics.
Her first post below shows Anthropic's complaint last month that a Chinese AI company had ripped it off - a complaint all the human creatives ripped off by AI companies found laughably hypocritical.
1/7 Recent unsealed documents from Bartz v Anthropic showed an internal essay “An Economic Model for Compensating Data Producers†by Anthropic’s CEO, 2021.
— Karla Ortiz (@kortizart.bsky.social) 2026-02-24T21:52:49.220Z
Anthropic knew of the importance and cost of our works. They then willfully decided to steal it. They do what they condemn
Lets break it down👇
2/7 The Anthropic CEO essay begins with plain acknowledgement of the the wholesale theft of works across multiple industries (creative, technological, scientific etc) to train GenAi models.
— Karla Ortiz (@kortizart.bsky.social) 2026-02-24T21:52:49.221Z
He also notes concentration of wealth, inequality and making labor obsolete as outcomes.
3/7 After clearly describing the major theft issue for ALL GenAi companies (calling it an extractive economy) Anthropic’s CEO begins to describe possible consequences to the GenAi industry due to this theft.
— Karla Ortiz (@kortizart.bsky.social) 2026-02-24T21:52:49.222Z
Consequences to theft that later, Anthropic had no issue engaging in.
4/7 Anthropic’s CEO then states that Anthropic should find alternatives to compensate those who create the works they need. Works from places like Github, AO3 and so on.
— Karla Ortiz (@kortizart.bsky.social) 2026-02-24T21:52:49.223Z
He admits our works are valuable. He admits our works are important. His company steals it all anyway.
5/7 After stating potential ways to compensate those who create the works(data) Anthropic desperately needs, the Anthropic CEO ends his essay by reiterating the need of a system that acknowledges and compensates those his tech is solely dependent on.
— Karla Ortiz (@kortizart.bsky.social) 2026-02-24T21:52:49.224Z
He steals our works anyway.
6/7 So to summarize: In 2021 the Anthropic CEO knew full well that taking works they did not own or had rights to, to train their models, was wrong. Yet they willfully did it anyway.
— Karla Ortiz (@kortizart.bsky.social) 2026-02-24T21:52:49.225Z
But this isn’t exclusive to Anthropic. *ALL* GenAi companies do this.
This theft MUST stop.
7/7 Anyway read the essay and side commentary in full. You’ll see how Anthropic was well aware of the deception, the theft and harm they willfully engaged in.
— Karla Ortiz (@kortizart.bsky.social) 2026-02-24T21:52:49.226Z
As you read remember, they ignored everything they spoke about and stole our works anyway.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69058...
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