A Cornelius man used artificial intelligence to create songs and fake streaming accounts to play those songs in a scheme that netted him millions. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

By flooding music streaming platforms with automated bots in the place of consumers, and fake songs in the place of ...

Prosecutors say Michael Smith flooded music-streaming platforms with bots that repeatedly streamed his A.I.-generated music, ...

Michael Smith, 54, was sentenced for taking part in a scheme to "defraud music streaming platforms and musicians of royalty ...

Intelligence Assisted Music Streaming Fraud Jamie McDonald, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MICHAEL SMITH was sentenced to 18 months in prison ...

North Carolina man Michael Smith was sentenced to 18 months in prison after using AI-generated music and thousands of bot ...

Michael Smith sentenced in streaming royalty fraud, using AI bots to fraudulently collect over $10M in music royalties across ...

The North Carolina man earned more than $8 million in royalties from streaming platforms after using thousands of bot accounts to stream his AI-generated songs billions of times.

US District Judge John G. Koeltl also ordered Michael Smith to forfeit USD $8,091,843.64, the loss figure agreed by both ...

Federal prosecutors have secured an 18-month prison sentence against a North Carolina resident who used super intelligence to ...

A North Carolina musician was sentenced to 18 months in prison for collecting more than $10 million in royalties from Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music in a massive streaming ...