AI-generated songs have been flooding music streaming platforms in recent years, and apparently, it’s pretty difficult for people to tell the difference between music made by humans and tracks made by AI. Now, Deezer is offering a way to check. The French streaming platform announced Thursday that it is making its AI music detection tool available for free to users of 20 major streaming services, including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and Amazon Music. The tool lets users scan their playlists to see which tracks may have been generated by AI. “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,” said Deezer CEO Alexis Lanternier in a press release. To use Deezer’s tool, users can go to this link, choose their streaming service, connect their account, and agree to let Deezer scan their playlists.
The news comes as AI-generated content, including videos and songs, has taken over the internet. Deezer says it receives nearly 75,000 AI-generated tracks every day, making up more than 44% of the music uploaded daily to its platform. Some AI-generated songs have even broken through on the charts. Last November, the AI-generated song “Walk My Walk” by Breaking Rust made headlines after topping Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart. More recently, in April, “Celebrate Me” by the AI persona IngaRose reached the number one spot on the U.S. iTunes chart.
