Photo Credit: Deezer
Hate AI slop? Deezer might be the on-demand platform for you, as it will soon allow users to “fully exclude AI-generated music” from their streaming experiences.
Deezer announced the AI-audio toggle today, pointing to a planned global launch sometime before 2026’s conclusion. As many will recognize, the feature has been a long time in the making for the service, which was the first DSP to begin tagging AI uploads.
From there, Deezer tracked the accelerating AI-audio tidal wave, kicked off 2026 by flagging the vast majority of the involved streams as fraudulent, and proceeded to boot and demonetize a portion of the tracks. (Tidal, for its part, demonetized AI outputs altogether in late June.)
Now, quality-minded and slop-averse fans will be able to capitalize on Deezer’s AI info “with a simple toggle button,” thereby removing “fully AI-generated music” from search results, according to the company.
As such, those who utilize the feature will only see proper music and AI-assisted audio; it’s unclear exactly where the latter line will be drawn. That Suno is preparing to debut artist-specific models under its Warner Music pact is worth keeping in mind, however. (So is the conspicuous absence of a Suno Studio download limit.)
Furthermore, the feature will seemingly power a platform resembling that which was the norm prior to the artificial intelligence avalanche; by Deezer’s count, almost 100,000 AI tracks were pouring onto DSPs each day at one point.
Suno’s download limits, the Streaming Integrity Initiative (SII), and DistroKid’s litigation-prompted crackdown will presumably cause the figure to dip in the near term.
Nevertheless, that the total will rise in the long run absent other policy pivots, as additional licensing deals take shape and selectively trained models gain traction, isn’t exactly a revelation.
Bearing in mind this distinct possibility, the well-documented AI slop criticism, and the streaming arena’s stiff competition, Deezer head Alexis Lanternier framed the forthcoming toggle as a means of enabling “users to control their music experience to the greatest extent.”
“The explosion of AI-generated content continues to impact the whole music ecosystem, and we believe in shaping a future based on transparency and choice, with respect for artists, song writers and music fans,” said Lanternier.
“We remain committed to minimizing any negative effects, while empowering our users to control their music experience to the greatest extent. We’ve seen a clear user demand for the ability to filter out AI-generated music, and we are now giving everyone the option to remove this content completely from their streaming experience on Deezer, and focus only on human creators and creations, if they wish,” the exec concluded.
Late last month, voice intelligence startup Modulate, which says its AI music detector is 95% accurate across a number of genres, scored a $25 million raise. And earlier in October, reports indicated that Sony Music had moved to pull north of 250,000 infringing AI uploads from DSPs.
