French music streaming platform Deezer is making its artificial intelligence music detection tool available beyond its own service, launching a free online scanner that allows users of major streaming platforms to check playlists for AI-generated tracks.
Deezer launched a free online tool to detect AI-generated tracks in playlists, making it available to users of all major streaming platforms.
The tool allows users from around 20 of the most common streaming platforms to scan playlists for synthetic music.
The move as Deezer taking AI music detection “into its own hands,” noting that the free tool can scan playlists on rival platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music.
AI songs are already entering user playlists
The rollout comes as AI-generated music becomes harder to ignore across streaming services.
According to Reuters, Deezer’s own data shows that 43% of users joining Deezer from rival services already have AI-generated music in their playlists.
That figure suggests synthetic music is no longer only a niche experiment. It is already appearing in ordinary user libraries, recommendation systems, and playlists built on other platforms.
The issue is especially sensitive for artists and rights holders because AI-generated songs can compete for attention, streams, and royalties alongside human-made music.
Deezer removes AI tracks from recommendations
Deezer has already taken steps on its own platform to separate synthetic tracks from its recommendation system.
Deezer tags AI-generated songs and automatically removes them from algorithmic recommendations and editorial playlists.
The company said the move is a “first step” to make sure AI-generated tracks do not significantly dilute the royalty pool.
That point is important because streaming royalties are usually distributed from shared pools. If large volumes of AI-generated tracks enter platforms and attract streams, human artists may worry that revenue could be diverted away from original performers, songwriters, and producers.
Industry licensing push expands
Deezer is not only offering the detector to listeners. The company is also trying to bring its technology to the broader music industry.
Deezer is licensing its AI-detection technology to the wider music industry, building on earlier deals such as one signed with France’s royalty agency Sacem in January.
The Tech Buzz reported that Deezer launched the cross-platform tool after Apple and Spotify rejected its proprietary detection technology in favor of voluntary tagging systems.
That difference highlights a major debate in music streaming: whether platforms should rely on creators and uploaders to label AI-generated songs themselves, or whether detection tools should independently identify synthetic tracks.
AI music volume keeps rising
The scale of the challenge is growing quickly.
Deezer receives nearly 75,000 AI-generated tracks daily, making up more than 44% of its new music delivery. That is up from the 60,000 AI-generated tracks the company reported in early 2025.
The company also cited a 2024 Cisac study showing that 25% of artists’ revenue, or €4 billion, equivalent to about $4.6 billion per year, could be at risk of being siphoned off by AI-generated songs by 2028.
A recent Deezer and Ipsos survey also found that 80% of respondents wanted AI-generated music to be clearly labeled on streaming platforms.
Transparency becomes the new music battleground
Deezer’s free detector may not settle the debate over AI music, but it gives listeners a more direct way to see whether synthetic tracks are already inside their playlists.
For streaming companies, the challenge is becoming more urgent. AI tools can now generate large volumes of music quickly, making it easier for synthetic tracks to flood platforms, appear in playlists, and compete with human artists.
For Deezer, the new detector strengthens its position as one of the more aggressive streaming platforms on AI transparency. For listeners, it turns a hidden issue into something visible: not just whether they like a song, but whether they know who, or what, made it.
