{"id":490654,"date":"2026-03-23T09:07:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/490654\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T09:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:07:16","slug":"singer-songwriter-michael-smith-pleads-guilty-to-defrauding-music-streamers-out-of-millions-using-ai-in-first-ever-case-of-its-kind-nme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/490654\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer-songwriter Michael Smith pleads guilty to defrauding music streamers out of millions using AI in first-ever case of its kind &#8211; NME"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxPSDhSMkRtUS1LRHJpT0FhOHQzVTdSY0pValNwbkNXOVVvY3UyU3U4YmFqcm14SXlwNkpKanNOeHo0Q1QweDA4ZE56aFh6MzV2MFhPeEJEclN0WTd3VE56WDg3X1F1THlNTVBYa1RYWWV0ZDFfZHgxQVpuSFVwZjloUG1lcVRET1JNZ0VXZFV1YmhObmJQYXVxM1dDSkU1ejMxMS1Kc2ZMdlo5dzNqd1hpYUg1RnFmZmNiSzRwME13TlBwZ25uOXl0b1NFNU5MUEV2MXJfM2pySlVKTnN6TXplRVhsVGZhVS1hUXJfNmhGMEh6MXB3dDUwajVERUdabmM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Singer-songwriter Michael Smith pleads guilty to defrauding music streamers out of millions using AI in first-ever case of its kind<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NME<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxOWlBfdGNBanVuTENCOVZWa29WdW95MmFqYTVGcS04M2hMbThOTjY3SzIyei0tdEFkc3IxaG1FckJmX0lKODM5WGxVRC1nNWdRMWZFVTBsVENBVGVMZUlnTEhLRTRNUjdKcVpqYnpKdlk5UVRLS0FPV2Q1MEM2OFM3MGx1SDdkYmI4RlplU2hBeU9qbGd4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US man pleads guilty to defrauding music streamers out of millions using AI<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxNaEFfMThIVFZaNHVhLWVoNVM2UUQ2ZF93RXdrcWNYT1d0VWVwUXNtMF9pVEJMOWlQbmlpM2RoSVhuWnl3OXhyckdldVllRzVqOGotc2ZxRWdNaUpJakwwYTBTR2xMRGYwWDlNSGlRLVRyTWFWeHk1NndVQUktQkpsY3ZzUHROZzBFSVdTOWduZ25SWkI1TlJCeHJydGNwMDlrODcyQ1pmX05LNWcwd0tR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Streaming Services of $8 Million With AI-Generated Songs<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Rolling Stone<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxPMTF3SlFPTHZFcGZ4ZHZVQ2dMQzdLdVdNd0drcmxwV3ZScEcya1hrc1NjZnVKUGxYWGxVbEs0OXFQV0dxSTdfNjMzeDFGOHNJTC1keERYNFBnSU5aUG5lNGdyejNKMXhkdHU0NTNfT0lzTWxLMVFDM1NFdW42djMwNnRRNE9sR3FjdTJPa004Tml0c3R1OUd5bFNWczFpTWVLVURwcUl4OGptaXFET0xQS0czQ3FscGZHQkU2Yl8wNVJubEE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">North Carolina Man Must Pay Back the Millions He Acquired in First-Ever Streaming Fraud Case<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;VICE<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE53NGFZOE1QNzVFM0RxclRjeGYxeUFaNUhTTHJ6M3pZMWZxdlJVTlNjeEw2dmp4M3JvZ2lVZmprNUU1N2djTzBHckk5RTdEbkNadjI3bzgyV3lKZUI0Mlg3MFVSRXhyMGRoLVJfY2IxVGdkZEE0bW5MNHJn0gF_QVVfeXFMT3NyVEJJNUM4cXZsZVZtVjkzMV9IbWxHbWNVdkdLeEd3NU9nYlc2ckdCejczUlF2YTlQLWJHaGlfOXRERzZQbTFCMk5lbnhrTzUtbzlON1hQMUh0OEZaSW41WDB5SmltcGx2YWJkX0F3QTVnclJfZHo0UFdmZkNnWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Musician embezzled $12 million from Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube: he used AI to boost listening<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Mezha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Singer-songwriter Michael Smith pleads guilty to defrauding music streamers out of millions using AI in first-ever case of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-490654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}