Deezer launches free AI music detector for users of major streaming platforms

LONDON: French ‌music platform Deezer has launched a free online tool to detect AI-generated tracks in playlists, available ​to users of all major streaming platforms, it said on Thursday.
The company is also licensing its AI-detection technology to the wider music industry, building on earlier deals like the one it signed with France’s royalty agency Sacem in ‌January.
“This ​is a first ‌step in making sure that these ‌tracks don’t dilute the royalty pool in any significant way,” Deezer said.
The free detector allows users of about 20 leading streaming platforms to scan their playlists for synthetic music — songs fully or partially created using AI software.
Deezer said that 43 percent of new users arriving from rival services already have AI-generated music in their existing playlists.
On its own platform, Deezer tags AI-generated songs and automatically removes them from algorithmic recommendations and editorial playlists, in an effort to prevent synthetic tracks being pushed to listeners and generating fraudulent royalty payments.
It cited a 2024 Cisac study that showed 25 percent of ‌artists’ revenue, or €4 billion ($4.6 billion) per year, could be at risk of being siphoned off by AI-generated songs by 2028.
Deezer receives nearly 75,000 AI-generated tracks daily, making up more than 44 percent of its new music delivery, up from 60,000 tracks reported in early 2025.
According to a report by the platform last year, AI-made music represents only about 0.5 percent of total streams on Deezer, but the company’s analysis suggests fraudsters are behind up to 70 percent of those plays, using bots to “listen” to AI tracks and collect the resulting royalty payments.
A recent Deezer and Ipsos survey found that 80 percent of respondents wanted AI-generated music to be clearly labelled on streaming ​platforms.
Deezer formally launched in the Arab world in October 2018 with an exclusive deal to carry the Rotana Records catalogue, one of the largest labels in the Middle East, and counts Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal as a minority shareholder.
With Reuters