{"id":14122,"date":"2024-09-07T18:17:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T18:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/?p=14122"},"modified":"2024-09-08T09:57:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T09:57:18","slug":"fbi-busts-10-million-ai-music-streaming-scam-run-by-a-north-carolina-musician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/sv\/2024\/09\/fbi-busts-10-million-ai-music-streaming-scam-run-by-a-north-carolina-musician\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI avsl\u00f6jar bedr\u00e4geri med AI-musikstreaming f\u00f6r $10 miljoner som drivs av en \"musiker\" i North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Federala \u00e5klagare har \u00e5talat en \"musiker\" i North Carolina f\u00f6r att ha orkestrerat ett avancerat bedr\u00e4geri p\u00e5 $10 miljoner med hj\u00e4lp av AI-genererad musik.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael Smith, 52, greps p\u00e5 onsdagen anklagad f\u00f6r bedr\u00e4geri, konspiration till bedr\u00e4geri och konspiration till penningtv\u00e4tt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00c5klagarna h\u00e4vdar att Smith anv\u00e4nde AI-teknik f\u00f6r att skapa hundratusentals falska l\u00e5tar av icke-existerande band och sedan anv\u00e4nde robotar f\u00f6r att str\u00f6mma dessa l\u00e5tar miljontals g\u00e5nger p\u00e5 popul\u00e4ra plattformar som Spotify, Apple Music och Amazon Music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Genom sitt fr\u00e4cka bedr\u00e4geri stal Smith miljoner i royalties som borde ha betalats till musiker, l\u00e5tskrivare och andra r\u00e4ttighetsinnehavare vars l\u00e5tar str\u00f6mmades p\u00e5 ett legitimt s\u00e4tt.\" <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpr.org\/2024-09-06\/musician-streaming-fraud-doj-spotify-apple-amazon-youtube-music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sa <span class=\"noTranslate\" data-no-translation=\"\"><span class=\"noTranslate\" data-no-translation=\"\"><span class=\"noTranslate\" data-no-translation=\"\"><span class=\"noTranslate\" data-no-translation=\"\">US<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Advokat<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Damian Williams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enligt \u00e5talet (ett formellt juridiskt dokument som har offentliggjorts efter att ursprungligen ha h\u00e5llits konfidentiellt) p\u00e5gick Smiths verksamhet i sju \u00e5r. Den innebar att tusentals falska streamingkonton skapades med hj\u00e4lp av k\u00f6pta e-postadresser.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smith ska \u00e4ven ha utvecklat programvara f\u00f6r att spela sin AI-genererade musik p\u00e5 repeat fr\u00e5n flera olika datorer, f\u00f6r att efterlikna individuella lyssnare fr\u00e5n olika platser.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">F\u00f6r att undvika uppt\u00e4ckt distribuerade han enligt uppgift falsk streamingaktivitet \u00f6ver en rad falska l\u00e5tar och genererade noggrant unika namn f\u00f6r AI-skapade artister och sp\u00e5r.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N\u00e5gra av dessa udda och absurda namn var band som \"Callous Post\" och \"Calorie Screams\", med l\u00e5ttitlar som \"Zygotic Washstands\" och \"Zymotechnical\". Jag undrar vilken prompt han anv\u00e4nde f\u00f6r att generera dem?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Systemet visade sig vara exceptionellt lukrativt. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I ett mejl som skickades tidigare i \u00e5r skr\u00f6t Smith om att han n\u00e5tt 4 miljarder streams och $12 miljoner i royalties sedan 2019. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00c5klagare h\u00e4vdar att Smith i juni 2019 tj\u00e4nade cirka $110 000 per m\u00e5nad och delade en del med icke namngivna medkonspirat\u00f6rer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ur ett AI-perspektiv \u00e4r det oklart exakt hur dessa l\u00e5tar genererades med AI redan 2019, eftersom det inte fanns s\u00e5 m\u00e5nga h\u00f6gkvalitativa verktyg f\u00f6r det d\u00e5 som det finns nu. Idag finns verktyg som <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/sv\/2024\/04\/udio-launches-and-may-be-the-best-ai-music-generator-yet\/\">Udio<\/a>, Suno, etc, skulle f\u00f6rmodligen g\u00f6ra en s\u00e5dan bluff \u00e4nnu enklare att genomf\u00f6ra.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vi b\u00f6r p\u00e5peka att botting-system har pl\u00e5gat streamingplattformar i \u00e5rtionden, med artister, skivbolag och bedragare som f\u00f6rs\u00f6ker spela p\u00e5 systemet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spotify, Apple Music och andra plattformar har l\u00e4nge varit\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">bek\u00e4mpa falska str\u00f6mmar, anv\u00e4nda AI f\u00f6r att analysera och stoppa bot-aktivitet. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">AI-genererad musik \u00e4r vanligt f\u00f6rekommande p\u00e5 Spotify, och man skulle kunna tro att plattformen skulle b\u00f6rja \u00e4gna mer uppm\u00e4rksamhet \u00e5t sin<\/span>\u00a0ursprung och avsikter nu.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Det som g\u00f6r Smiths fall anm\u00e4rkningsv\u00e4rt \u00e4r dock kombinationen av storskalig botting med AI-genererat inneh\u00e5ll.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Det var smart. Men till slut kom lagens l\u00e5nga arm ikapp.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Musik- och AI-branscherna \u00e4r i konflikt med varandra<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>AI och de kreativa branscherna har i stort sett blandats som olja och vatten. \u00c4ven om de inte blandas naturligt har deras kombination skapat ett flyktigt hopkok fullt av potential och risker.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">F\u00f6r bara n\u00e5gra m\u00e5nader sedan meddelade v\u00e4rldens tre st\u00f6rsta skivbolag <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/sv\/2024\/06\/worlds-biggest-music-labels-shock-the-ai-industry-with-landmark-lawsuit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l\u00e4mnat in federala st\u00e4mningsans\u00f6kningar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mot text-till-ljud-plattformarna Suno och Udio f\u00f6r \"massintr\u00e5ng i upphovsr\u00e4ttsligt skyddade ljudinspelningar\".<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), som representerar Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment och Warner Records, h\u00e4vdar att det finns starka bevis f\u00f6r att Suno och Udio anv\u00e4nde upphovsr\u00e4ttsskyddad musik utan tillst\u00e5nd f\u00f6r att tr\u00e4na sina AI-modeller.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P\u00e5 samma s\u00e4tt kommer i april 2024 \u00f6ver <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/sv\/2024\/04\/200-artists-warn-about-generative-meddling-in-music\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200 framst\u00e5ende konstn\u00e4rer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">d\u00e4ribland Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj och Jon Bon Jovi, lovade att bek\u00e4mpa AI-musik.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI:s integrering i musiken ses inte av alla som ett hot. Vissa ser det som en demokratiserande kraft som g\u00f6r det m\u00f6jligt f\u00f6r producenter att experimentera med olika format utan den m\u00e4nskliga manipulation som \u00e4r involverad i traditionella skivsigneringsprocesser. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hur kommer musiker som k\u00e4mpar f\u00f6r att tj\u00e4na pengar p\u00e5 sitt ofta gener\u00f6st beg\u00e5vade arbete p\u00e5 streamingplattformar att k\u00e4nna sig om detta?<\/p>\n<p>Att anv\u00e4nda AI f\u00f6r att manipulera algoritmerna hos plattformar som ofta kritiseras f\u00f6r att underbetala artister kan verka som ett brott utan offer f\u00f6r vissa. O\u00e4rlig manipulation av streamingsiffror f\u00e5r dock djupa konsekvenser.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e5nga artister k\u00e4nner sig lurade av streamingplattformarna, men bedr\u00e4gliga metoder som de som p\u00e5st\u00e5s i Smith-fallet skadar sannolikt hela musikens ekosystem.<\/p>\n<p>De kan sp\u00e4da ut legitima str\u00f6mmar, snedvrida uppt\u00e4cktsalgoritmer, undergr\u00e4va f\u00f6rtroendet och f\u00f6rmodligen g\u00f6ra det sv\u00e5rare f\u00f6r \u00e4rliga artister att lyckas.<\/p>\n<p>Det \u00e4r \u00e4nnu en gr\u00e4ns d\u00e4r artister och plattformar kommer att beh\u00f6va k\u00e4mpa f\u00f6r att s\u00e4kerst\u00e4lla ett r\u00e4ttvist och transparent ekosystem. Artister riskerar att hamna p\u00e5 efterk\u00e4lken.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federala \u00e5klagare har \u00e5talat en \"musiker\" fr\u00e5n North Carolina f\u00f6r att ha orkestrerat ett avancerat bedr\u00e4geri p\u00e5 $10 miljoner med hj\u00e4lp av AI-genererad musik. Michael Smith, 52, arresterades onsdag p\u00e5 anklagelser om tr\u00e5dbedr\u00e4geri, konspiration f\u00f6r tr\u00e5dbedr\u00e4geri och konspiration f\u00f6r penningtv\u00e4tt.  \u00c5klagarna h\u00e4vdar att Smith anv\u00e4nde AI-teknik f\u00f6r att skapa hundratusentals falska l\u00e5tar av icke-existerande band och sedan anst\u00e4llde bots f\u00f6r att str\u00f6mma dessa sp\u00e5r miljontals g\u00e5nger p\u00e5 popul\u00e4ra plattformar som Spotify, Apple Music och Amazon Music. \"Genom sitt fr\u00e4cka bedr\u00e4geriprogram stal Smith miljoner i royalties som skulle ha betalats till musiker, l\u00e5tskrivare och andra r\u00e4ttighetsinnehavare vars l\u00e5tar<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[140],"class_list":["post-14122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethics","tag-ai-music"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FBI busts $10 million AI music streaming scam run by a North Carolina &#039;musician&#039; | DailyAI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/sv\/2024\/09\/fbi-busts-10-million-ai-music-streaming-scam-run-by-a-north-carolina-musician\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sv_SE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FBI busts $10 million AI music streaming scam run by a North Carolina &#039;musician&#039; | DailyAI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Federal prosecutors have charged a North Carolina &#8216;musician&#8217; with orchestrating an elaborate $10 million fraud scheme using AI-generated music. 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