Scammer jailed for using 10,000 bots and AI songs to beat Taylor Swift

After pleading guilty, Michael Smith, a 54-year-old North Carolina man, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for using artificial intelligence to generate songs for a scheme that stole millions from music streaming platforms.

In a press release Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said Smith is the first American criminally charged with AI-assisted streaming fraud.

Smith, first charged in 2024, successfully ran the scheme for seven years without detection.

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