Music streaming platform Deezer has launched an AI music detector, offering users across 20 of the most popular streaming services the chance to check what percentage of their playlists have been generated by artificial intelligence.
Users of Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music and other major platforms are now able to check their playlists by connecting their streaming accounts to Deezer’s free AI detection website.
Deezer’s internal AI detection tool has been in place since the start of 2025, making it the first music-streaming service to single out AI-generated music. Over 13.4 million AI tracks were pinpointed in 2025 alone, and Deezer now claims it receives 75,000 such tracks each day, accounting for 44 per cent of daily uploads.
The new tool allows Deezer to remove AI tracks from algorithmic recommendations and editorial playlists, an action the platform has called a “first step” in preserving the royalty pool for human creators.
A recent study by the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) and management consulting firm PMP Strategy found that nearly a quarter of creators’ revenues could be at risk due to market penetration by generative AI by 2028, with yearly losses amounting to approximately €4 billion by that time.
Additionally, an eight-country survey from Deezer and IPSOS found that 97 per cent of listeners were unable to tell the difference between fully AI-generated and human-made music, while 73 per cent of respondents said they would like to see AI music tagged on streaming services.
Alexis Lanternier, Deezer’s CEO, said: "A vast majority of people want to know if AI music is being recommended to them and our data show that nearly half of the users joining Deezer from another platform have AI tracks in their playlists. We’re expecting our AI music detector to be an eye-opening experience for listeners around the world."
The What Hi-Fi? team tried this free tool, connecting our Tidal account so the website could scan our playlists. We were both pleased and surprised to find that one per cent of the music in our curated playlists has been generated by AI (as seen in screenshot above). Sadly, the tool does not then highlight which specific tracks have been artificially generated if you're using a non-Deezer music service.
A Deezer representative has confirmed to us that if you transfer your playlists and library to Deezer, "you’ll be able to see the albums that are tagged as including AI."
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