From 2017 to 2024, 52-year-old Michael Smith, from Cornelius, North Carolina, and his co-conspirators ran a large-scale fraud scheme that artificially boosted the stream counts of ...

Michael Smith pleads guilty to stealing $8 million from artists using AI-generated songs and bot accounts to manipulate streaming platforms.

Crypto scam uses fake AI chatbot impersonating Google's Gemini AI to promote fraudulent 'Google Coin' cryptocurrency. Malwarebytes researchers expose scam.

North Carolina musician Michael Smith has pleaded guilty to collecting over $10 million in royalty payments through a massive ...

A artificial intelligence AI is profoundly transforming the music industry — from creation to distribution. But a recent case ...

A fake Gemini-style chatbot is pushing a bogus Google Coin presale, using Google branding and scripted AI replies to lure victims into crypto payments.

As AI agents scour thousands of websites in seconds, bot traffic could soon dominate the internet, raising concerns over ...