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Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Bots (futurism.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19494425

The artist naming convention also followed a somewhat similar pattern, with names ranging from the normal-sounding "Calvin Mann" to head-scratchers like "Calorie Event," "Calms Scorching," and "Calypso Xored."

That one of you? ;-)

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[-] clover@slrpnk.net 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Not sure why this is illegal. Against the company's terms of service, sure. But the government shouldn't be involved.

[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Indicted on three counts involving money laundering and wire fraud, the Charlotte-area man faces a maximum of 20 years per charge.

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I'm quite sure he will have committed fraud at least 1 or 2 times in there somewhere.

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