Man jailed for using 1,000 bots to fraudulently make $8m from his AI music

Michael Smith from North Carolina was sentenced to 18 months in prison for using over 1,000 bots to fraudulently generate billions of streams of his AI-created music, earning more than $8 million in royalties from platforms like Spotify and YouTube Music. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and must forfeit the illicit earnings.