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North Carolina musician arrested, accused of Artificial Intelligence-assisted fraud caper

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Michael Smith , 52 , of Cornelius , North Carolina , is accused of using artificial intelligence to create thousands of songs that he streamed billions of times to collect over $10 million in royalty payments.

Smith , a musician with a small catalog of music that he owned, streamed songs created with artificial intelligence.

Smith 's fraud cheated musicians and songwriters between 2017 and this year of royalty money, authorities say.

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English

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