Deezer says it has demonetised 85% of all AI-generated music due to fraud
The French streaming service is now making its AI-detection tool “commercially available”
French music streaming service Deezer has confirmed that it has demonetised 85% of all AI-generated tracks on its platform using an AI-detection tool.
Deezer launched its AI-detection tool in early 2025 and revealed in September that it was receiving over 30,000 “fully AI-generated” tracks every day. As of January 2026, Deezer says it now receives 60,000 AI tracks a day – around 39% of its daily intake.
It claims to be the “only music streaming platform to explicitly tag AI-generated music” in the world, and now plans to sell its detection tool to other platforms for use, encouraging “industry-wide transparency”.
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Deezer says that over 13.4 million tracks made using AI have been tagged using said tool, with up to 85% of those detected as “fraudulent”. They’ve now been “removed” from the royalty pool, Deezer says.
“Music generated entirely by AI has become nearly indistinguishable from human creation, and with a continuous flood of uploads to streaming platforms, our approach remains crystal clear: transparency for fans and protecting the rights of artists and songwriters,” says Deezer CEO Alexis Lanternier.
“Every fraudulent stream that we detect is demonetised so that the royalties of human artists, songwriters and other rights owners are not affected.”
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The streaming service will make its AI-detection tool – which can seek out music made using “prolific” generative models such as Suno and Udio – commercially available for others to purchase.
“We’ve seen a great interest in both our approach and our tool, and we have already performed successful tests with industry leaders, including Sacem,” says Lanternier. “From now on, we are licensing the tech to make it widely available.”
Find out more about Deezer’s AI detection tool here.
Gemma Ross is Mixmag's Associate Digital Editor, follow her on X
