📰 What Happened
Deezer says it will soon let users filter out AI-generated music. A new toggle will hide AI tracks, albums and artists from search results. The feature should arrive before the end of the year. Deezer's CEO, Alexis Lanternier, said the flood of AI music pushed the change. A survey found about 45% of users wanted a way to remove AI songs. Deezer says more than half of its daily uploads are now AI tracks.
🔍 The Backstory
Deezer started using AI detection tools last year. Back then, AI tracks were about 10% of daily uploads. By July, the company said that share had passed 50%, or around 90,000 tracks a day. Rivals are handling AI music in different ways. Bandcamp has banned AI tracks, and Tidal stopped paying royalties for them. Spotify only tags them, while Apple Music plans its own AI labels.
🎯 Why It Matters
Streaming pays artists based on how many times songs are played. If AI songs flood the pools, real musicians may earn less for their work.

Deezer says it will soon let users filter out AI-generated music. A new toggle will hide AI tracks, albums and artists from search results. The feature should arrive before the end of the year. Deezer's CEO, Alexis Lanternier, said the flood of AI music pushed the change. A survey found about 45% of users wanted a way to remove AI songs. Deezer says more than half of its daily uploads are now AI tracks.

Deezer started using AI detection tools last year. Back then, AI tracks were about 10% of daily uploads. By July, the company said that share had passed 50%, or around 90,000 tracks a day. Rivals are handling AI music in different ways. Bandcamp has banned AI tracks, and Tidal stopped paying royalties for them. Spotify only tags them, while Apple Music plans its own AI labels.

Streaming pays artists based on how many times songs are played. If AI songs flood the pools, real musicians may earn less for their work.

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