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Streaming platforms, distributors and lawmakers keep revising their rules on AI-generated music. We follow those changes here, with the latest developments first.
Labelling AI-generated music elsewhere in the world
The European Union has required it since 02/08/2026. China, South Korea, India and California also require it. The United States and the United Kingdom have yet to legislate.
In 2026, platforms began sorting music by how it was made
From Deezer to Spotify and TIDAL, nine months of change, in the order it happened.
At Deezer, more than half of the tracks delivered are AI-generated
Some 90,000 of them arrive every day, yet they account for only 1 to 3% of streams, according to the platform's own figures.
Believe and TuneCore block tracks made with unlicensed generators
The distributor says its detection is 99% reliable, but documents no appeal procedure for the artists concerned.