{"id":2511000,"date":"2026-07-21T14:29:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2511000"},"modified":"2026-07-21T14:29:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:29:56","slug":"over-half-of-all-new-music-on-streaming-sites-is-now-ai-generated-and-the-number-is-growing-rapidly-but-one-platform-is-bringing-the-hammer-down-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/over-half-of-all-new-music-on-streaming-sites-is-now-ai-generated-and-the-number-is-growing-rapidly-but-one-platform-is-bringing-the-hammer-down-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Over half of all new music on streaming sites is now AI-generated, and the number is growing rapidly \u2014 but one platform is bringing the hammer down hard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<hr id=\"elk-8d44dabc-84e2-11f1-a53b-471947381dd0\"\/>\n<ul id=\"elk-8d44dbd4-84e2-11f1-a73e-25440b395503\">\n<li><strong>Deezer announces over half of all daily music uploads are AI-generated<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The platform also announces stricter exclusion criteria for AI slop<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Deezer says AI slop is used largely for &#8216;streaming fraud&#8217;, and it&#8217;s cracking down<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr id=\"elk-8d44dc56-84e2-11f1-85f8-0d2b8d312d00\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-8d44dcc4-84e2-11f1-a833-e91894d90acb\">If you haven&#8217;t seen an AI slop commercial, social media post or Minion meme then you&#8217;re lucky. I can&#8217;t say I&#8217;ve heard much AI-generated music (at least, that I&#8217;m aware of) but I try <em>very<\/em> hard to actively avoid it.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, major streaming service Deezer has announced that over half of all tracks uploaded to its library in June 2026 were slop songs. That&#8217;s over 90,000 new tracks, all of which weren&#8217;t made by people.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-8d44dcc4-84e2-11f1-a833-e91894d90acb-2\">This is a big increase in a few months, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/audio\/audio-streaming\/deezer-says-nearly-half-of-all-new-music-uploaded-to-its-site-is-ai-generated-and-its-calling-on-spotify-and-other-streaming-giants-to-do-more-about-it\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/audio\/audio-streaming\/deezer-says-nearly-half-of-all-new-music-uploaded-to-its-site-is-ai-generated-and-its-calling-on-spotify-and-other-streaming-giants-to-do-more-about-it\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/audio\/audio-streaming\/deezer-says-nearly-half-of-all-new-music-uploaded-to-its-site-is-ai-generated-and-its-calling-on-spotify-and-other-streaming-giants-to-do-more-about-it\">as we heard in April that 44% of tracks were AI-made<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/ai-platforms-assistants\/over-30-percent-of-all-new-music-on-deezer-is-ai-generated-and-most-people-cant-tell-the-difference\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/ai-platforms-assistants\/over-30-percent-of-all-new-music-on-deezer-is-ai-generated-and-most-people-cant-tell-the-difference\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/ai-platforms-assistants\/over-30-percent-of-all-new-music-on-deezer-is-ai-generated-and-most-people-cant-tell-the-difference\">in December 30% of tracks were AI<\/a>. That&#8217;s a rough rate of 3.3% increase every month, suggesting that October 2027 is when we could see Deezer hit the musical singularity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-6 w-full overflow-hidden rounded-[10px] lg:my-8\" data-component-name=\"JwPlayer:Carousel\" data-jwp-carousel=\"\" data-jwp-carousel-payload=\"{&quot;ids&quot;:{&quot;playerID&quot;:&quot;APjl6osP&quot;,&quot;searchPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;1v6djO3j&quot;,&quot;divID&quot;:&quot;botr_1v6djO3j_APjl6osP_div&quot;,&quot;fallbackPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;KgQ4BrDw&quot;,&quot;fallbackDivID&quot;:&quot;botr_KgQ4BrDw_APjl6osP_div&quot;,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;ZuubZ0qo8PC91SeYBvrz9lq0zFhLM446gwRNTJacILQ18liS&quot;,&quot;tintLogo&quot;:true,&quot;useSearchPlaylist&quot;:false,&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;signPostingEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;signPostingLinkEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;waitForAdLoad&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnDesktop&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnMobile&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnTablet&quot;:false}\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-nowrap items-center justify-between gap-3 bg-zinc-900 px-[14px] py-3\" data-jwp-carousel-header=\"\">\n<div class=\"flex min-w-0 shrink items-center\"><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand inline-flex items-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aspect-video w-full min-h-[200px] lg:min-h-[330px] relative overflow-hidden bg-black\" data-jwp-carousel-container=\"\">\n<div class=\"absolute inset-0 size-full items-center justify-center bg-white\" data-jwp-carousel-fallback=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/media\/img\/techradar_logo_v2.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"max-h-12 w-auto\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Deezer knows all this because it&#8217;s been pioneering AI-detection tools, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/audio\/audio-streaming\/deezer-just-launched-a-free-site-to-scan-your-playlists-for-ai-slop-and-yes-it-works-on-spotify-apple-music-and-tidal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/audio\/audio-streaming\/deezer-just-launched-a-free-site-to-scan-your-playlists-for-ai-slop-and-yes-it-works-on-spotify-apple-music-and-tidal\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/audio\/audio-streaming\/deezer-just-launched-a-free-site-to-scan-your-playlists-for-ai-slop-and-yes-it-works-on-spotify-apple-music-and-tidal\">as seen in its AI slop playlist scanner<\/a>. It also automatically detects and tags AI-made music, and excludes it from recommendations and playlists.<\/p>\n<p>And the hammer is coming down harder going forward&#8230;<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-2 pb-0 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-8d44dd32-84e2-11f1-be33-55527933ce6d\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"first-steps-in-countering-the-tide-3\">First steps in countering the tide<\/h2>\n<p id=\"elk-8d44dda0-84e2-11f1-90aa-87c5d9ea4ce5\">When the company shared these AI figures, Deezer also confirmed a few extra steps it was taking to counter the rising AI tide.<\/p>\n<p>The streaming service has announced: &#8220;Moving forward, Deezer will systematically take down AI-tracks used for streaming fraud, and those that haven\u2019t been streamed for at least 6 months&#8221;, which implies, perhaps optimistically, that there&#8217;s AI music <em>not <\/em>used for this purpose.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-wz9xDq4mV6ZdZQM6ZJAk9T\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-wz9xDq4mV6ZdZQM6ZJAk9T slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Streaming fraud is the bulk upload of low-quality churned-out music, to earn some quick cash. Think people scripting computers to generate songs \u2014 and I mean 1000s of songs at once \u2014 then uploading them in batches. Why do this? To overwhelm, flood and <em>replace <\/em>whatever human-made music might otherwise be there for your ears to discover, and rake in the streaming royalties because you just became a big fish.<\/p>\n<p>To explain, artist payout from streaming services usually involves everyone getting a share of a large pie, with more streams ensuring you get a larger slice of the pie (money). Beyonce gets a bigger slice of the pie than, say, The Bedford Band (a bad example since we haven&#8217;t written a single track yet, but you get the idea).<\/p>\n<p>Fraudsters upload massive amounts of AI music in the hopes that, if they even get a tiny number of listens on each track, the slice of the pie will scale up due to just how many AI slop tracks they put out.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not clear how Deezer will identify AI-generated tracks as being used for streaming fraud, as opposed to&#8230; whatever other reason you&#8217;d create AI music for. It also remains to be seen whether this move will have a significant impact on the amount of AI tracks uploaded, or if it&#8217;ll be like scratching a layer of ice off a glacier.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s still good to see a music streaming service <em>try<\/em> to contend with AI slop, instead of embracing it or just, well\u2026 ignoring it.<\/p>\n<hr id=\"elk-8d44de0e-84e2-11f1-9c8e-a71d0dbfa10e\"\/>\n<div class=\"slice-container person-wrapper slice-container-person\" data-component-name=\"Slice:Person\" id=\"elk-23dd8c98-84e4-11f1-aa00-b5ab2f6068a6\">\n<div class=\"person person--separator\">\n<div class=\"person__avatar-block\">\n<figure class=\"image-wrapped__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapped__widthsetter\" style=\"max-width: none;\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapped__aspect-padding\" style=\"padding-bottom: 56.25%;\">\n<div style=\"display: contents;\">\n<picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nY8YSUtqvcqCoV7AAqfg44-140-80.jpg.webp 140w\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nY8YSUtqvcqCoV7AAqfg44.jpg\" alt=\"The FiiO M11S music player\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nY8YSUtqvcqCoV7AAqfg44-140-80.jpg 140w\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nY8YSUtqvcqCoV7AAqfg44.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nY8YSUtqvcqCoV7AAqfg44.jpg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nY8YSUtqvcqCoV7AAqfg44.jpg\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"person__heading\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"person__name\">The best music players for all budgets<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<aside class=\"person__role\">Our top picks, based on real-world testing and comparisons<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEWFJsWTJoeVlXUmhjaTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?hl=en-GB&amp;gl=GB&amp;ceid=GB%3Aen\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-8d44deea-84e2-11f1-97c2-a9ab7520b37b\" data-url=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEWFJsWTJoeVlXUmhjaTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?hl=en-GB&amp;gl=GB&amp;ceid=GB%3Aen\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure pull-right inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:676px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78-676-80.jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78-676-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78-676-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 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