AI music is flooding streaming platforms. But listeners like it less and less

Music fans are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with AI songs, according to a recent report published by the music and ...
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Musician admits to $10M streaming royalty fraud using AI bots

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 ...
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Mike Smith pleads guilty to AI-assisted music streaming fraud

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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NC man used AI to defraud music streaming sites billions of times. Now he owes $8M

A Charlotte-area man pleaded guilty to using AI to manipulate music streaming platforms billions of times to siphon royalties worth over $8 million, federal authorities said Thursday. They said it’s ...

AI streaming is going mainstream in China, whether audiences want it or not

IQiyi, China's Netflix, is overhauling its entire business around AI-generated content and launching a new tool that can ...