Deezer has launched a free tool that scans playlists on other streaming platforms for AI-generated music, making its detection technology available to users regardless of which service they subscribe to. The tool was announced in 2026.
The detector works by visiting Deezer’s AI music detector site, selecting a streaming service, and granting Deezer permission to access the account. It is compatible with 20 platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud, and YouTube Music. Deezer imports the user’s playlists — apparently using its existing Tune My Music integration — scans them for AI-generated content, alerts the user to any hits, and offers the option to share the results.
Deezer CEO Alexis Lanternier explained the reasoning in a press release: “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 was the first major streaming service to label AI-generated music and had previously offered its detection technology to other platforms. That effort appears to have had limited uptake. Qobuz developed its own detection technology, while Apple and Spotify have instead adopted a voluntary tagging system for AI content.
By bringing the tool directly to listeners, Deezer is bypassing the need for platform-level adoption. This approach may give users on services that have not implemented their own AI detection a way to identify synthetic tracks in their existing libraries.
Source: The Verge