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Deezer Launches Free AI Detector, Flags 44% New Uploads.

6/12/2026

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Deezer Launches Detector

Deezer has launched a free AI Music Detector—the first such tool offered to everyone—that scans playlists on 20 streaming services.
The detector imports playlists via Tune My Music, claims over 99 percent accuracy in spotting AI-generated tracks, and flags AI matches for users to share.
Deezer reports about 75,000 AI-generated songs are uploaded daily, making up 44 percent of new uploads in 2025 and up to 85 percent of AI streams fraudulent.

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Deezer Licenses Detector

Deezer licensed its AI-detection technology to the French collecting society Sacem in January.
In March, Deezer added Hungary’s performers’ rights body EJI as another licensee.
The firm filed two patents in December 2024 for methods that detect unique synthetic audio signatures.
Deezer repurposed its internal tagging system into a free scanner, giving it a competitive edge over rivals such as Spotify and Apple Music that lack similar detectors.

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Historical Context

When Shawn Fanning launched Napster on June 1 1999, the service quickly amassed 26.4 million users and triggered lawsuits by the RIAA, Metallica and Dr. Dre that forced its 2001 shutdown. Those battles cemented the industry’s reliance on legal and technical safeguards, a framework Deezer now extends in 2025 with its AI Music Detector for societies such as Sacem.

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Deezer Launches Detector

Deezer has launched a free AI Music Detector—the first such tool offered to everyone—that scans playlists on 20 streaming services.
The detector imports playlists via Tune My Music, claims over 99 percent accuracy in spotting AI-generated tracks, and flags AI matches for users to share.
Deezer reports about 75,000 AI-generated songs are uploaded daily, making up 44 percent of new uploads in 2025 and up to 85 percent of AI streams fraudulent.

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