Deezer Lets Listeners Hide AI Music
The planned global filter, due by year-end, removes AI-generated tracks from search results as AI now makes up over half of new uploads.
Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Artificial Intelligence
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Deezer plans to roll out a global feature by year-end that hides AI-generated music from search results. When activated, it excludes AI-created tracks, albums and related artists, letting users avoid content they do not want. The feature is announced, not yet shipped.
Why it matters
Platforms are letting AI-generated content grow while giving users filters, a way to scale output without triggering backlash from creators and listeners. Deezer's own numbers show the pressure: AI tracks now make up over half of its new uploads.
The figures come from Deezer's internal platform data and a survey run with Ipsos of 9,000 adults in eight countries. Roughly 90,000 AI tracks are registered daily, and more than 42 million were excluded from recommendations over the period from January last year to August this year. The source does not report how the detection system's accuracy was independently verified.
The players
Deezer
French music streaming platform whose recommendation and detection systems flag and exclude AI-generated tracks.
Ipsos
Market research firm that ran the eight-country survey of 9,000 adults with Deezer.
DeviantArt
US online art community that offers its own AI image generator and an option to hide AI-generated art.
US visual discovery platform that permits AI-generated images and offers settings to reduce AI content in feeds.
Pixiv
Japanese illustration platform that allows AI-created illustrations, comics and novels and lets users hide them.
The details
Deezer's approach focuses on keeping AI content away from listeners who do not want it, rather than blocking AI music from distribution altogether. When the feature is switched on, search results omit AI-created tracks, albums and related artists. DeviantArt uses a similar logic, filtering works where the artist discloses AI use or where its detection system flags AI-generated images.
Timeline
Last year: Deezer and Ipsos survey of 9,000 adults across eight countries
January last year to August this year: Deezer detected and excluded over 42 million AI tracks
June: AI tracks accounted for over half of Deezer's new uploads
By year-end: Deezer plans its global AI-hiding feature rollout
The Tech Race
Deezer's plan follows DeviantArt's existing AI-hiding option, which pairs its own generator with user filtering. Pinterest, Pixiv and Ritune offer comparable exclusion settings, so the field is converging on the same model of permitting AI content while letting users opt out.
Listeners on Deezer will be able to switch on a setting that removes AI-generated tracks, albums and related artists from search results once the feature ships. The source gives no date beyond year-end, and no pricing or regional sequencing.
The takeaway
Watch whether Deezer's year-end rollout confirms the filter's reach and whether competing platforms match it. The 45% of streaming users who want an AI music filter is the figure to track as adoption data emerges.
What happens next
Deezer plans to introduce the AI-hiding feature globally by year-end, a rollout readers can check against the platform's announcements.
Further reading
For broader context on how platforms are handling machine-made output, see our Artificial Intelligence coverage.
Source note: This article includes information reported by 조선일보.
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