Overview
- YouTube began rolling out a “Made with AI” label on YouTube Music on October 14, 2026, and said the tag will reach the main YouTube app later.
- Deezer announced a global toggle that will let users hide songs, albums, and related artists that are fully generated by AI, with a planned worldwide launch before the end of 2026.
- YouTube will identify AI tracks using partner-declared metadata and its own detection systems and lets partners mark uploads as “Fully Gen AI,” “Partly Gen AI,” or “No Gen AI.”
- Deezer says it has already labeled more than 14 million AI albums and kept over 42 million AI-made tracks out of its recommendations after receiving as many as 90,000 fully AI tracks per day, and U.S. prosecutors recently sentenced Michael Smith for using fake accounts to stream AI songs and collect more than $8 million in fraudulent royalties.
- Platforms remain divided on policy, with some services banning AI uploads or limiting monetization and others focusing on disclosure, a split that could reshape how listeners find music and how royalties are tracked and paid.