Fraudster jailed for using 10K bots and AI songs to outstream Taylor Swift

A man received an 18‑month prison sentence for a scheme that employed bots and AI‑generated songs to artificially boost streaming counts of Taylor Swift’s music, siphoning roughly $8 million in royalties. The case underscores the misuse of AI technology for fraud in the music industry and the legal repercussions of such actions.

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