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AI Music Fraudster Sentenced to 18 Months
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Federal prosecutors sentenced Michael Smith to 18 months in prison for using generative AI to stream billions of tracks. He must pay over $8 million in forfeiture and serve two years of supervised release. This ruling marks the first criminal charge against an individual for large-scale AI-assisted music streaming manipulation, affecting Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music.
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