Feds Score Guilty Plea in First-Ever U.S. Streaming Fraud Case — An $8M Scheme Aided by AI Music

A musician accused in an AI song streaming fraud case has pled guilty to orchestrating an $8 million scheme that relied on AI-generated music.

North Carolina Man to Pay $8 Million After Pleading Guilty In First-Ever Streaming Fraud Case

Mike Smith was indicted in 2024 after using AI and bots to generate and stream thousands of songs, siphoning millions of dollars away from recording artists.
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What are the AI rules at major streaming platforms? After Apple’s update, here’s a quick overview to date

By 2026, nearly every music streamer has established policies surrounding AI-generated music on their platform. Here’s a ...
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AI band with over 1,000,000 streams sparks warnings

A mysterious new band is climbing the charts on Spotify, racking up over over a million listens in just a few weeks. The Velvet Sundown sound familiar, and their songs are perfectly listenable, if not ...
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Escape the AI junk crowding your social media and music streams

AI slop seems to be everywhere. Low-quality digital content made with artificial intelligence has flooded our feeds, screens and speakers. Is there anything we can do about it? If you want fewer ...

Peacock is adding an AI Andy Cohen to narrate an endless stream of Bravo clips

You’ll find Cohen’s AI likeness in a new ‘Bravoverse’ feed that’s tailored to your favorite shows. is a news writer who ...
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PanTerra Launches Streams.AI for Microsoft Teams: Communications That Stay Online—Even When Microsoft Teams Goes Down

With Streams.AI for Microsoft Teams, organizations keep the interface employees already use—while reducing outage risk and eliminating the licensing costs and administrative PanTerra today announced ...