Deezer announced on Thursday that it is making its AI music detection tool available to other streaming platforms to combat AI-generated music and fraudulent streams. The French music streaming service launched the tool last year to automatically tag fully AI-generated tracks, remove them from algorithmic and editorial recommendations, demonetize them, and exclude them from the royalty pool.
The tool identifies tracks generated by major models such as Suno and Udio with 99.8 percent accuracy, according to a company spokesperson. Deezer now receives 60,000 AI-generated tracks per day, totaling 13.4 million AI-detected songs. In June of last year, fully AI-generated tracks accounted for 18 percent of daily uploads, exceeding 20,000 tracks per day. The company reports that 85 percent of streams from fully AI-generated tracks are fraudulent.
Deezer CEO Alexis Lanternier stated there has been “great interest” in the tool, with several companies having “already performed successful tests.” Sacem, the French music rights organization representing over 300,000 creators and publishers including David Guetta and DJ Snake, is one such company. Pricing for the tool varies by deal, a spokesperson told TechCrunch, without disclosing specific figures or additional interested parties.
Concerns over AI-generated music have grown amid reports of fraud and unauthorized use of copyrighted material. In 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice charged a North Carolina musician with creating AI-generated songs and using bots to stream them billions of times, stealing more than $10 million in royalties. AI-created bands like The Velvet Sundown have accumulated millions of streams on platforms.
Bandcamp banned AI-generated music entirely in response. Spotify updated its policies to clarify AI use in music production, reduce spam, and prohibit unauthorized voice clones. In contrast, major record labels Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group resolved lawsuits against Suno and Udio last fall. The labels struck licensing deals to allow their catalogs to train AI models, ensuring compensation for artists and songwriters.
Deezer has addressed AI issues proactively. Last year, it introduced the detection tool. In 2024, Deezer became the first music streaming platform to sign the global statement on AI training, joined by actors Kate McKinnon, Kevin Bacon, Kit Harington, and Rosie O’Donnell, among other creatives.
