Music streaming platform Deezer announced it is demonetising 85 percent of audio tracks linked to AI-generated music on the platform, in a bid to identify fraud.
In a statement, Deezer said AI-created songs accounted for 39 percent of daily uploads to the platform, which was roughly 60,000 songs.
The Paris-based platform said AI-generated music still only makes up three percent of its total streams, yet up to 85 percent of these streams were deemed fraudulent.
This was compared to a smaller 8 percent for its entire catalogue in 2025.
These songs are demonetised and removed from Deezer’s royalty pool to support fair payments for artists and songwriters.
Demonetising AI-Generated Music
Last year, Deezer created a detection tool to identify AI-generated music on the platform, which it is now making commercially available.
Over 13.4 million AI songs have been identified and tagged on Deezer in 2025.
Fraudulent songs can include those made at mass scale to generate streams and siphon royalty payouts, fake artist identities, catalogue flooding with generic AI music, and royalty laundering – where AI tracks are used to extract money from pooled royalty systems.
The move from Deezer to remove AI content aims to prevent fraudulent actors from stealing royalties from real artists through mass produced AI-generated music.
This takes place against the backdrop of ongoing debates around the validity of AI-generated audio, especially as it relates to copyright.
The AI audio company ElevenLabs recently released an AI album called ‘The Eleven Album’ with major recording artists like Liza Minelli and Art Garfunkel as a move to show a model that respect artists’ rights against AI audio tools using the sound of existing artists without permission or payment.
“Music generated entirely by AI has become nearly indistinguishable from human creation, and with a continuous flood of uploads to streaming platforms, our approach remains crystal clear: transparency for fans and protecting the rights of artists and songwriters.” said Alexis Lanternier, Deezer’s CEO.
