“We know that he used a few different AI tools, including this AI song generation service called Boomi.”
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The Vergecast · The $8 million AI music scam
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Generated AI songs with Boomi, created fictitious artist profiles, uploaded tracks via music distribution services, and built a network of bots to stream the songs on repeat
8,091,843.64 cents (repayment amount)
“We know that he used a few different AI tools, including this AI song generation service called Boomi.”
“He would basically create networks of bots to stream all of the songs on loops.”
“‘Vessels Value is a service we utilize, and they have an AIS tracking map… We’ve built a custom map on our own website…’”
“They always say create something, be an artist… if you start to buy, AI is creative… they are just generative… we need to build our own literacy, so we can make the right decision.”
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