Man who made $8 million using AI-generated songs and an army of streaming bots gets 18 months in prison
According to court documents, Michael Smith, of Cornelius, North Carolina, worked with co-conspirators between 2017 and 2024 to fraudulently inflate plays of AI-generated music on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube. Read Entire Article
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