Man gets 18 months for AI-generated songs streamed billions of times, earning $8M
Polymarket · x · 2026-10-12
A man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after generating hundreds of thousands of AI songs and using bots to stream them billions of times — outstreaming Taylor Swift and earning $8 million. A landmark criminal case for AI content combined with streaming fraud.
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