Deezer has revealed that nearly a third of music uploaded to its platform is now fully AI-generated – a staggering rise from just 10 percent at the start of the year.

The French streaming service, which rolled out a new AI detection tool in January, says it is now receiving over 30,000 fully AI-generated tracks every day. In June, Deezer also became the first major platform to explicitly tag synthetic music, as the flood of artificially generated content shows no sign of slowing.

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According to Deezer, about 70% of plays for these AI songs have been detected as fraudulent and are part of a wave of bot-driven uploads designed to siphon royalties from the platform’s revenue pool.

“Following a massive increase during the year, AI music now makes up a significant part of the daily track delivery to music streaming and we want to lead the way in minimising any negative impact for artists and fans alike,” says Deezer CEO Alexis Lanternier.

Lanternier adds that Deezer has taken steps to quarantine the influx: removing fully AI-generated tracks from algorithmic recommendations, excluding them from editorial playlists, and tightening its fraud-detection systems.

“This way we ensure the impact on the royalty pool remains minimal, while providing a transparent user experience. And most importantly, we continue to fight fraudulent activity, which is the main driver behind uploading fully AI generated content.”

The surge has been dramatic. AI-generated content made up around 10% of uploads in January, jumped to 18% in April, and now stands at a record-breaking 28%.

While Deezer insists the platform isn’t being overrun just yet, the trend raises an uneasy question for the industry: if bots are already gaming streaming services at scale, what happens when AI tools become even faster, cheaper, and harder to detect?

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