Michael Smith, a musician from North Carolina, was charged with using AI to create and stream 100,000 songs, misleading platforms to generate over $10 million in royalties.
Authorities described how Smith created thousands of accounts on streaming platforms, allowing him to generate around 661,000 streams per day to accumulate illicit royalties.
The FBI's Christie M. Curtis commented, 'The FBI remains dedicated to plucking out those who manipulate advanced technology to receive illicit profits' at the expense of genuine artists.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams stated that Smith's actions defrauded musicians and songwriters of royalty payments that rightfully belonged to them from 2017 to this year.
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