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⚖️JUST IN: U.S. MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO USING AI TO FRAUDULENTLY GENERATE $8M IN ROYALTIESMichael Smith a U.S. based man used artificial intelligence and automated bots to create the illusion of popularity—and to collect millions in royalties that belonged to real artistsSmith had created thousands of accounts on streaming platforms to artificially play songs he owned, using software to generate roughly 661,440 streams per day and around $1.2 million in annual royalties ...