Deezer Launches AI Music Detection Tool for Spotify, Apple Music, and Other Streaming Platforms

As AI-generated music continues to spread across streaming services, concerns are intensifying about how AI companies use copyrighted content to train their models and about the possibility that AI-created tracks could be exploited to manipulate streaming systems and facilitate fraud.

Despite the growing debate, many major music platforms have yet to introduce tools that help users identify AI-generated songs. Deezer has now decided to address the issue directly with a new detection service.

As part of its ongoing efforts to improve transparency around AI-generated content, Deezer has launched a tool that scans playlists across multiple streaming services to identify tracks created with AI. Announced on Thursday, the free online AI music detector supports 27 languages and enables users across 20 of the most popular music platforms to determine whether their playlists contain AI-generated songs.

The launch further reinforces Deezer’s position as one of the strongest critics of AI-generated music within the streaming industry. That approach could also serve as a differentiator for the company as consumers become increasingly interested in understanding the origins of the music they hear.

While competitors such as Apple Music and Spotify have generally relied on labelling or tagging AI-generated content, Deezer has adopted a more active stance. The company removes AI-generated tracks from recommendation systems and excludes them from editorial playlists. It has also recently begun making its AI music detection technology available to competing streaming platforms.

Using the new tool is relatively simple. Users visit Deezer’s AI music detector website, choose their preferred streaming service, and grant permission for Deezer to access their playlists. Once imported, the playlists are analysed for AI-generated content. The tool then alerts users to any detected tracks and also provides the option to share the results.

The service works with a variety of major platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud, YouTube Music, and several others.

“By detecting and tagging AI-generated music over the past year and a half, Deezer has been at the forefront of transparency in music streaming. No other company has followed our lead yet, so we decided to make it possible for everyone to check if their playlists include synthetic music, no matter which streaming platform they use,” CEO Alexis Lanternier said in a statement.

In addition to introducing the detector, Deezer indicated that it is evaluating further actions regarding AI-generated content. The company said it is carefully considering potential future measures, including revising supplier policies and removing certain content from its platform.

Such steps would place Deezer on a path similar to Bandcamp’s, which implemented a ban on AI-generated music earlier this year.

The detector’s release follows Deezer’s recent disclosure that AI-generated songs now account for a significant portion of new uploads to its platform. According to the company, 44% of all newly uploaded music is currently generated using artificial intelligence.

Deezer reports that nearly 75,000 AI-generated tracks are uploaded to its service every day, totalling more than 2 million songs each month.

Despite the rapid growth in AI-created content, listening activity remains comparatively limited. The company says AI-generated tracks account for only 1% to 3% of total streams on the platform.

At the same time, Deezer noted that approximately 85% of streams involving AI-generated music are flagged as fraudulent activity. Those streams are subsequently demonetised as part of the company’s broader efforts to maintain platform integrity and address concerns surrounding synthetic music and streaming abuse.