North Carolina musician arrested, accused of Artificial Intelligence-assisted fraud caper

North Carolina musician arrested, accused of Artificial Intelligence-assisted fraud caper

NEW YORK — A North Carolina musician was arrested and charged Wednesday with using artificial intelligence to create hundreds of thousands of songs that he streamed billions of times to collect over $10 million in royalty payments, authorities in New York said. Michael Smith, 52, of Cornelius, North Carolina, was arrested on fraud and conspiracy … Read more