Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated

Article

• 44% of daily uploads to Deezer are AI-generated music.
• Only 1–3% of total streams are AI tracks; 85% of those streams are fraudulent.
• AI music primarily used for streaming fraud, not genuine listening.

Discussion

• Key insight: this is mostly a scam/fraud problem, not an artistic competition problem.
• SubmitHub dev reports ~20% of submissions are AI; 75% disclose it honestly.
• Commenters debate whether AI music that people genuinely listen to is even a problem.
• Some see streaming fraud as real harm to legitimate artists via diluted payouts.

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