Mike Smith was indicted in 2024 after using AI and bots to generate and stream thousands of songs, siphoning millions of dollars away from recording artists.

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North Carolina musician Michael Smith has pleaded guilty to collecting over $10 million in royalty payments through a massive streaming royalty fraud scheme on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and ...

Michael Smith, a 54-year-old North Carolina man whom federal prosecutors accused of defrauding music streaming services with AI-generated songs, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit ...

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In collaboration with the startup company Cauth AI, faculty and students at Binghamton University, State University of New York have developed My Music My Choice (MMMC), a digital safeguard that ...