Comment on Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Bots

tomkatt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• hayes_@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  3rd sentence of the article:

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

  If you follow the article to the press release:

  SMITH, 52, of Cornelius, North Carolina, is charged with wire fraud conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; and money laundering conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

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  • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Those are the charges yes, but how is this any different than what all sorts of corporations do

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    • aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The difference is he was a poor trying to pull himself up. Corporations are glorious entities that can do no wrong in American law.

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  • tomkatt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ah thanks. I didn’t follow to the release page and just skimmed the article, should have read closer.

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• DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s fraud I’m assuming. They fake “plays” for Spotify to reward by sending payment, but these plays were people that did not exist. Spotify was paying for ghosts to essentially steam music

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  • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Facebook and other social media corporations use AI bots to generate “views” to inflate their traffic numbers to entice advertisers. They also use bots to piss people off and drive “engagement.”. Which is also fraud.

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    • Mammothmothman@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Its not wrong when a corporation does it its capitalism. When an individual does it its crime.

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