Man jailed 18 months for using bots to stream his AI-generated songs, earning over $8M
skdh · x · 2026-10-12
A man who used bot accounts to mass-stream his own AI-generated songs on streaming platforms has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. The scheme netted him over $8 million in royalties before he was caught — one of the most striking cases yet of AI-generated content being weaponized for streaming fraud.
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