Deezer Claims Its New Tool Can Recognize AI-Generated Music on Most Major Streaming Services.

Artificial intelligence is everywhere now—even in places you might not expect. You might enjoy a new song on Spotify or YouTube, only to discover later that the track was “composed” entirely by bots (except for the initial human-generated prompt). Some might argue that AI-generated music has its place, but if you’re like me, you want to pay attention to art created by real people who have spent time honing their craft and want to share it with the world. And while I believe AI-generated music will never be able to replace that, the fact is that it’s becoming increasingly difficult to recognize these melodies when we stumble upon them in real life .

To be fair, some companies are working on ways to identify AI-generated content on their platforms, notably Spotify , YouTube , and Apple Music . But while you might occasionally encounter a label indicating the use of AI, there are still plenty of examples of AI-generated content that aren’t identified as such—in part because much of the reporting on it is still based on trust. Lifehacker’s David Nield was frustrated by this experience when searching for music to listen to on YouTube and found that the only reliable solution was to do some research before choosing a channel. He now has a shortlist of options to choose from, but ensuring the music you choose is 100% human-generated is a lot of work. This also makes things more difficult for smaller content creators, who may have less “proof” that they don’t use AI if you curate their content consumption so strictly.

How to Use Deezer’s New AI Detector

French music streaming service Deezer believes it has found a solution. As MacRumors reports , the platform now has a new tool that it claims can identify music created by artificial intelligence with nearly 100% accuracy. The company claims to receive over 75,000 AI-generated songs daily, accounting for 44% of the platform’s total downloads. By searching for traces left by AI, Deezer claims to be able to determine whether a track was created by a human or a bot. Furthermore, this tool appears to be the same one Deezer uses to label AI-generated tracks on its own platform.

Of course, this tool works directly with Deezer, so if you’re a user, you already have access to it. But the company claims its AI-powered detector works with 20 different streaming services. These include the following:

• Spotify

• Apple Music

• YouTube

• YouTube Music

• High tide

• Amazon Music

• Soundcloud

• Yandex Music

• Kobuz

• Beatport

• iTunes

• Napster

• Pandora

• Angami

• KKBOX

• Last.fm

• Sound machine

• Boomplay

• Audiomac

To use the tool, you need to connect it to your chosen streaming service. This may be a concern for privacy-conscious users, as you’ll need to grant the third-party tool access to your streaming service. However, if you’re comfortable with Deezer accessing your Apple Music or Spotify libraries, you can use the detection program. Alternatively, you can manually connect the Deezer detector to your playlists if you have the link (but you won’t be able to download individual tracks). Once connected to your platform, Deezer will import your various playlists and search for music it believes was created using AI.

Deezer claims its tool is 99.8% accurate and misses two tracks out of every 1,000. However, it’s impossible to verify this data in practice, so take it with caution. I also wish the detector were a little more flexible. I’d happily use it without having to connect to the entire streaming service, and I’d like to be able to test more than just individual playlists. I think an AI detector would be most useful in each specific case, rather than when you’re unsure whether part of your playlist contains AI-generated tracks. Nevertheless, such a tool could be a powerful ally in the fight to listen to human-created music—or at least to ensure that a song you like was generated by AI.

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