# Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Bots

<https://futurism.com/man-arrested-fake-bands-streams-ai>

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## What Jamie wrote

Incredible story of an entire creator and fan loop created by bots and generating royalty dollars fraudulently.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT293: Weekly Thing 293 / WHOIS, Glowtime, Place](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/293/), Briefly

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