Man pleads guilty to generating songs with AI then having bots stream them 'billions of times' to make over $8…
A North Carolina man, Michael Smith, has pleaded guilty to generating thousands of AI-created songs and using bots to stream them billions of times, defrauding streaming platforms of over $8 million. He faces a maximum of five years in prison and has agreed to forfeit his illicit gains.
- Entities
- Person: Michael Smith
- Person: Jay Clayton
- Topic: Artificial Intelligence
- Topic: Music Industry
- Topic: Fraud
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