Not-so-perfect crime foiled.
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Not-so-perfect crime foiled.
1. Generate fake bands and thousands of songs per week
2. Generate bots to stream the music
3. Profit $10M
4. Jail, straight to jailMan Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Bots
An alleged scammer has been arrested under suspicion that he used AI to create a wild number of fake bands — and fake streams to with them.
Futurism (futurism.com)
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@skry so it’s illegal if some rando does it, but if the platform itself does it…
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@octothorpe Didn’t Sonos also get in trouble?
But in general, yes indeed. And I bet YT is rife with it.
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@skry Not that I know of, but that isn't surprising. I know Spotify got a lot of shit for getting caught doing that (they don't have to pay out when folks play streams of AI shit they made themselves). I don't think however, they stopped doing it.