North Carolina Man Charged With AI-Generated Music Fraud, Taking Royalties of $10 Million

In a groundbreaking criminal case involving AI-generated music, a 52-year-old
North Carolina man has been charged with stealing royalties by using artificial
intelligence to create fake songs and generate fraudulent streams on music
platforms such as Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube Music.

On Sept. 4, US Attorney Damian Williams filed charges against Michael Smith,
accusing him of orchestrating a scheme that fraudulently earned him $10 million
in royalties from popular streaming p