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Music streaming service adds tags to AI-generated songs so listeners will know

Music streaming service Deezer said Friday that it will start flagging albums with AI-generated songs, part of its fight against streaming fraudsters — Music streaming service Deezer said Friday that it will start flagging albums with AI-generated songs, part of its fight against streaming fraudsters (Reuters)

Deezer, a Paris-based music streaming service, announced it will begin flagging albums containing AI-generated songs to combat fraudulent royalty earnings.
The platform will display an "AI-generated content" warning, notifying listeners that some tracks were created with song generators.
Deezer reports that 18% of daily song uploads, approximately 20,000 tracks, are now fully AI-generated, a significant increase from 10% three months prior.
The company suspects fraud is the primary motive for these songs, estimating that 70% of AI song listens are by bots or streaming farms, and will cut off royalty payments for manipulated streams.
Deezer is using AI to detect these patterns, effectively "fighting AI with AI," amidst ongoing lawsuits by record labels against AI song generators for copyright infringement.

Music streaming service Deezer adds AI song tags in fight against fraud — In full