Fraudulent streams of AI-generated music are being filtered out of royalty payments from DeezerDeezer has launched a new AI music tagging system within its platform, that clearly states when songs have been generated by artificial intelligence technology.
Deezer launched an AI detection tool back in January, and at the time, it discovered that around 10,000 fully AI-generated songs were being uploaded to its platform every day. In response, Deezer began using its new tool to help it sideline this music from its algorithmic recommendations.

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Now, Deezer reports that about 18 percent of music uploaded each day is fully AI-generated (equating to over 20,000 tracks), and as a result, it has expanded its transparency over the issue with the new tagging system, which it claims to be the world’s first.
Not only is the platform labelling these tracks, but it’s continuing to block them from showing up in editorial playlists or listening suggestions. Currently, AI-only songs make up just 0.5 percent of all streams on Deezer, but with the “trend growing fast”, these measures have been put in place at an early stage.
Interestingly, Deezer has also found that 70 percent of the streams on AI music are actually fake, and that this fraudulent activity is being used to exploit the royalty pool. To combat this, these streams are being filtered out of any royalty payments generated on Deezer.
Deezer CEO, Alexis Lanternier, has previously branded its royalty model as “user-centric”. In an interview with The Guardian back in February, he said: “The overwhelming feeling for a lot of people is that their life is more and more dictated by algorithm, and there is this ask that we see from our user base, and especially the young generation, to kind of take back control, understand how the algorithms work and be able to influence it.”
He added, “Your subscription goes to the artist you listen to – nobody can fraud that because you cannot influence the rest of the pool… It’s a long journey, but it’s a journey we’re well into.”
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