AI Music Fraudster Jailed 18 Months
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AI Music Fraudster Jailed 18 Months
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A fraudster was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $8,091,843.64 for using roughly 10,000 bots and AI-generated songs to inflate streaming counts past Taylor Swift's. The scheme generated royalties from the fake plays. The forfeiture figure reflects the proceeds the court found tied to the operation.
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Oct 7
- Ars Technica · AIFraudster jailed for using 10K bots and AI songs to outstream Taylor Swift
A fraudster was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $8,091,843.64 for using roughly 10.