The Latest Breaking News from Michael Smith

An American musician faces charges for allegedly using AI to create phoney streams and raking in millions in royalties.

A 52-year-old man allegedly bought AI-generated tracks and then used thousands of bots to rack up streams and earn more than $10 million over several years.

Computers played the AI-generated songs billions of times on various streaming platforms.

Bots, bots, bots.

‘Like many of his generation, perhaps the most privileged in the history of the Western world, Leunig’s career inscribes an arc from anti-capitalist, individualistic politics to anti-woke warrior.’

‘His work was a soft and comforting relief from most of the day’s news. I cannot remember censoring a single Leunig cartoon and nor would I have censored any of the cartoons that upset his recent editors.’

The N.Y. Times (Maia Coleman) reports: A North Carolina man used artificial intelligence to create hundreds of thousands of fake songs by fake bands, then put them on streaming services where they were enjoyed by an audience of fake listeners, prosecutors said. From the Indictment: From approximately 2017, up to…

Man indicted for streaming fraud in the US

Gunvalson says she was told she had a ‘10 to 20 percent [chance of] survival’

Strikes from Jamal Lowe, Josh Windass and Michael Smith helped Sheffield Wednesday to a 4-0 victory against Plymouth in the Championship

Humphries could become only the fourth player to win the World Championship and Matchplay in the same year – joining opponent Michael van Gerwen.