2024-09-06 15:19:26.AIbase.11.6k
AI Music Fraud! American Musician Uses AI to Generate Music and Fake Streams to Steal Millions in Royalties
Michael Smith, an American musician, has been charged with multiple offenses for allegedly using artificial intelligence to generate music and manipulating streaming numbers on music platforms to siphon over $10 million in royalties. From 2017 to 2024, Smith created hundreds of thousands of computer-generated songs using AI technology and boosted stream counts through automated bots, illegally earning approximately $1.2 million in royalties each year. He collaborated with others to fabricate stream counts through fake accounts, stealing royalties that rightfully belong to legitimate musicians and composers. Although charged with telecommunications fraud...
