Deezer launches a tool to spot AI-made songs in your playlists

In short: Deezer has launched a website that can scan your playlists on other music services and flag songs it believes were generated by AI.

What happened

Deezer, a music streaming service, says it will now let anyone check whether their playlists contain AI-generated music. AI-generated music is music made by software, not recorded by human performers in the usual way.

Deezer already labels AI-generated tracks inside its own app. The company also tried to sell its detection system to other streaming services, but Deezer says few took it up. Qobuz built its own system, while Apple Music and Spotify use a voluntary tagging approach, which means labels or artists can choose to add a tag rather than having the platform automatically detect it.

The new tool works through a Deezer webpage called the AI music detector. You choose your streaming service, then you give Deezer permission to access your account. Deezer says the tool works with 20 platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud, and YouTube Music. It then imports your playlists and scans them, a bit like running a spellcheck on a document, but for songs.

After the scan, Deezer shows you any tracks it thinks are synthetic, and it lets you share the results.

Why it matters

AI-made tracks can be hard to spot, especially when they are mixed into normal playlists. This tool gives listeners a simple way to understand what they are hearing and to decide what they want to keep or remove. It also adds pressure on streaming services to be clearer about AI-made music, since Deezer is offering this check even for competing apps.

Source: The Verge AI