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North Carolina man made $8M from AI-generated song fraud

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At times Smith was using as many as 10,000 bot accounts at once to fraudulently stream music.

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  1. FOX 46 Charlotte

    Cornelius man sentenced for streaming fraud scheme where he generating $8 million from creating AI-generated songs (opens FOX 46 Charlotte)

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    FOX 46 Charlotte's feed description

    At times Smith was using as many as 10,000 bot accounts at once to fraudulently stream music.

  2. FOX8 WGHP

    North Carolina man made $8M from AI-generated song fraud (opens FOX8 WGHP)

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    FOX8 WGHP's feed description

    At times Smith was using as many as 10,000 bot accounts at once to fraudulently stream music.

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