[Shanghai's First AI Computing Power Theft Case Sentenced: Man Registered Over 4 Million Accounts to Collect Points, Illegally Called APIs Over 290,000 Times] According to Deep Tide TechFlow on November 3rd, citing The Paper, the Xuhui District People's Procuratorate of Shanghai disclosed Shanghai's first case involving the use of AI to forge signatures and steal large-scale computing power. The suspect, Zong, illegally called AI platform APIs over 290,000 times by registering accounts in bulk and bypassing platform security verification, reselling image and video generation services, illegally profiting over 34,000 yuan. Investigations revealed that over 4 million accounts registered from the same IP address appeared on two applications under the platform within a short period. Zong used AI to write automated scripts and forged electronic signatures to bypass platform protection, concentrating free points to provide paid generation services. Ultimately, the Xuhui District Court sentenced Zong to three years imprisonment with a three-year suspended sentence and a fine of 40,000 yuan for illegally obtaining computer information system data.