Man jailed after $8,000,000 scam in first of its kind case

A man was jailed over AI-generated music and streaming fraud (Picture: Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)A man has been jailed for 18 months after a Spotify scam saw him generate over $8,000,000 (£6,040,000) in royalties.In the first-of-its-kind case, Michael Smith pleaded guilty to using AI and bots to farm millions in streaming revenue from the music platform.The 54-year-old man from North Carolina is the first person to ever be convicted of streaming fraud in a criminal case, acc