Overview
- Polling of 9,000 listeners in eight countries found 97% failed a blind test that asked them to spot the human-made song among AI-generated tracks.
- Deezer reports more than 50,000 fully AI-generated songs uploaded daily, about 34% of submissions, up from roughly 10% identified in January.
- Listeners expressed discomfort and a preference for transparency, with majorities backing clear labeling and 80% supporting disclosure for fully AI music.
- Deezer says it tags detected AI tracks, removes them from algorithmic and editorial playlists, excludes fake streams from royalty payments, and estimates about 70% of such uploads are aimed at gaming payouts.
- An AI-voiced country track, Walk My Walk by Breaking Rust, hit No. 1 on Billboard’s digital country sales chart, as industry responses range from UMG’s settlement and planned partnership with Udio to a Munich ruling against ChatGPT over reproduced lyrics.