Archive · 20 Jun 2025
Deezer Fights AI Music Fraud With Song Tags and Detection
Deezer, a music streaming service, is fighting back against fake music made by AI.
They're going to put a label on songs made by AI to warn listeners.
They noticed a lot of AI-made songs being uploaded, and suspect many of them are being used to trick the system and make money.
Deezer is using its own AI to spot these fake songs.
The AI is trained to identify the patterns that are common in AI generated songs.
These patterns are the same patterns that allow Deezer to identify songs with stream manipulation.
If a song is being used to cheat the system, Deezer won't pay royalties for those songs.
This is part of a bigger problem, as AI is changing how music is made, which also brings up questions of copyright and artists' rights.
Music streaming service Deezer will begin flagging AI-generated songs to combat fraud.
Deezer's AI detection tool identifies 18% of daily uploaded songs as AI-generated, up from 10% three months prior.
AI-generated music accounts for 0.5% of Deezer's total streams, with 70% suspected to be from bots.
Deezer will cut off royalty payments for AI songs used for stream manipulation.
The move reflects industry concerns and legal challenges regarding AI's impact on music copyright.
- Who
- Music streaming service Deezer and AI music generators such as Suno and Udio.
- What
- Deezer is implementing AI song tags to fight music streaming fraud.
- When
- Announced on Friday.
- Where
- Paris-based Deezer platform.
- Why
- To combat fraudulent use of AI-generated music for royalties and protect artist rights.
Music Industry
AI developers
AI in Music
Music Industry
Concerns about the creative possibilities and legality of AI-generated music, along with worries about copyright issues.
AI developers
AI is a tool to be used to create music, with opportunities for new creative ventures.
- Platform
- Deezer
- Focus
- AI-generated music
- Detection Rate
- 18% of daily uploads
- AI Streams
- 0.5% of total streams
- Bot Activity
- 70% of AI song listens
- Action
- AI song flagging and royalty cutoff