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Man pleads guilty to $8M AI-generated music scheme

https://therecord.media/man-pleads-guilty-8-million-ai-music-scheme

Man pleads guilty to $8 million AI-generated music scheme

Michael Smith, 54, admitted to inflating streaming numbers for hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs by deploying thousands of fake accounts across major platforms, including Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube Music.

Mar 21 at 7:36amWeb
Show threadMistletoeMar 21

I’m seeing the future and it’s some sort of AI gray goo all over everything.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_goo

Gray goo - Wikipedia

Show threadQuantumNomad_Mar 21

> using fake email addresses

What exactly is a “fake” email address here?

If I have three email addresses [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected], are those “fake” as well, then? An email address doesn’t have to reflect your real name.

How about when I use iCloud Hide My Email to generate a unique email address when I create a new account somewhere? Is that a “fake” email address as well?

Or do they mean hacked email accounts that belonged to someone else? But then calling them “fake” email addresses still seems weird wording.