I am severely torn here, on the one hand, I hate the idea of AI spamming songs until something hits. On the other, Spotify being fucked in the ass by a music producer vs the other way around warms my heart…
‘Musician’ Arrested for Using AI Songs and a Bot Army to Scam Spotify for Millions in Royalties
His fake bands had names like Calm Identity and Zygotic Washstands.
Is this the future of AI scamming? Michael Smith, a 52-year-old from Cornelius, North Carolina, allegedly used AI to automatically generate hundreds of thousands of songs that he then put on streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music. He’s accused of using an army of bots to “listen” to the tracks that he created with no effort and likely no musical talent.
That netted him over $10 million in streaming royalties
More in the link…
https://www.vice.com/en/article/ai-songs-spotify-scam/?fbclid=IwZnRzaANN091leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHsX-sZFDERtKpzJk1yGl9pEmyh2ckpdjwrDy11Wp57Bc8i6UkzPzVrwdpMja_aem_IJbGf-sqrtA2_qXgrNq7rw