Deezer Launches Free Tool to Detect AI Music in Playlists

Cross-Platform Detection Now Available to All Listeners

The French streaming service has launched a free web tool that enables users to scan playlists from Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Tidal, and other platforms to flag tracks that are likely fully AI-generated. To access it, users log into the tool with their streaming credentials, granting Deezer access to their playlists so its detection system can comb through the tracks and surface results.

Deezer claims the tool can identify audio patterns and artifacts characteristic of output from controversial generative platforms like Suno and Udio. The company says its accuracy is 99.8% for fully AI-generated content and the system is becoming more generalizable over time, gradually moving toward detection of synthetic tracks even without training data from a specific model.

Survey Reveals Widespread Demand for Transparency

The launch follows a survey Deezer commissioned with Ipsos in November 2025, billed as the first global study of attitudes toward AI-generated music. The research polled 9,000 people across the US, Canada, Brazil, UK, France, Netherlands, Germany, and Japan with results pointing to widespread unease about AI music slipping into listening experiences unannounced.

In a blind test featuring two AI-generated songs and one human-made track, 97% of respondents failed to correctly identify which was which. Meanwhile, 80% said fully AI-generated music should be clearly labeled, and 73% wanted to know when a streaming service was actively recommending AI tracks to them.

Technology Already in Use to Combat Streaming Fraud

The underlying technology isn't new for Deezer. The company has spent the past year and a half running this detection system on its own catalog, tagging fully AI-generated tracks, cutting down on streaming fraud, and helping safeguard royalty payouts for human artists. What's new is the decision to extend that system beyond its own platform and let anyone check what's lurking in their playlists, regardless of where they stream.

"No other company has followed our lead yet, so we decided to make it possible for everyone to check if their playlists include synthetic music, no matter which streaming platform they use," Deezer CEO Alexis Lanternier said in a statement. "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."

Deezer is now licensing its AI-detection technology to other platforms. The tool is available now at Deezer's website.