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Musician accused of $10m AI streaming fraud scam using AI bots
Jacqueline Choi
September 24, 2024
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🎸 Musician accused of $10m AI streaming fraud scam using AI bots
👩⚖️ Elon Musk’s reposts of Kamala Harris deepfakes may not fly under new California law
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As MBW reported earlier this month, the US Government charged Smith with three felony counts in connection with a “scheme to create hundreds of thousands of songs with artificial intelligence and use automated programs called ‘bots’ to stream the AI-generated songs billions of times”.
Smith is alleged to have fraudulently generated over $10 million in royalties through the scheme between 2017 and 2024. He faces charges of wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy, each of which carries a maximum of 20 years in prison.
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California’s newest law could land social media users who post, or repost, AI deepfakes that deceive voters about upcoming elections in legal trouble. Governor Gavin Newsom suggests that AB 2839, which went into effect immediately after he signed it on Tuesday, could be used to reel in the retweets of Elon Musk, among others who spread deceptive content.
“I just signed a bill to make this illegal in the state of California,” said Newsom in a tweet, referencing an AI deepfake Musk reposted earlier this year that made it appear Kamala Harris called herself an incompetent candidate and a diversity hire (she did not).
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