AI music is flooding streaming services, but who wants it?
SMRTR summary
Fifty thousand AI-generated tracks were flooding streaming platforms every single day by the end of last year. Now that number has climbed to 75,000 daily uploads on Deezer alone, and Spotify quietly removed over 75 million spam tracks in just 12 months.
The surge traces back to tools like Suno and Udio, which let anyone conjure a full song from a text prompt. What began as a fringe experiment is now an existential headache for working musicians, with royalties being siphoned away at scale.
Platforms are scrambling. Deezer labels AI content and has demonetized 85 percent of its streams. Apple and Spotify lean on voluntary self-reporting, which critics say is essentially the honor system. Only Bandcamp has banned AI music outright, though it relies on user reports rather than active scanning.
Public sentiment is clear: 66 percent of people say they never knowingly listen to AI music. But as Deezer's research director notes, "It is likely that deliveries will keep increasing."
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