AI music streamed to fake listeners earns NC man millions

[lost in space]

Guy from North Carolina allegedly made $10M using bots that streamed AI-generated music. Fraud on streaming sites is nothing new, but given the paltry earnings for musicians from streaming, the scale of this clever enterprise must have been huge.

MBW

[special]

This is a minor thing these days. The real criminals run free.

[davemchine]

I think AI/bots are a large percentage of the internet anymore. Look in the comments on YouTube or Reddit or Facebook. They are almost all the same with small variations. Either we as humans are very monotonous or it's AI/bots.

[RAMd®d]

Either we as humans are very monotonous or it's AI/bots.


Both are true, especially when it comes to YouTube.