Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Streaming Platforms of $8 Million with AIGenerated Songs, Bots

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A North Carolina man has pled guilty to defrauding streaming platforms of more than $8 million in royalties by using AI-generated songs and bots.
Mike Smith admitted to creating hundreds of thousands of songs with generative AI, before using thousands of bots — which posed as real-life listeners — to stream the songs billions of times.
The 54-year-old is expected to be sentenced in July.
In the meantime, Smith has agreed to pay a staggering $8,091,843.64 in forfeiture.

A North Carolina man has pled guilty to defrauding streaming platforms of more than $8 million in royalties by using AIgenerated songs and bots agreeing to return the money as he awaits sentencing [+2163 chars]

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