A North Carolina man admitted in a Manhattan federal court today that he used a massive army of bots and artificial intelligence to siphon millions of dollars from the music industry. Michael Smith, 54, of Cornelius, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud before U.S. Distr ict Judge John G. Koeltl, marking the […] From North Carolina To New York: $8 Million Fake AI Music Empire That Just Hit A Sour Note ...read more read less