Flutterby™! : Paid for making and streaming fake songs

US Attorney's Office Southern District of New York — North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty To Music Streaming Fraud Aided By Artificial Intelligence

“Michael Smith generated thousands of fake songs using artificial intelligence and then streamed those fake songs billions of times,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. “Although the songs and listeners were fake, the millions of dollars Smith stole was real. Millions of dollars in royalties that Smith diverted from real, deserving artists and rights holders. Smith’s brazen scheme is over, as he stands convicted of a federal crime for his AI-assisted fraud.”

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