Skip to main content
See every side of every news story
Published loading...Updated

97% of Listeners Can't Tell AI Music from Human-Made

A survey of 9,000 listeners across eight countries found 97% could not identify AI-generated music as distinct from human tracks, raising concerns over creativity and royalties.

  • On November 12, Deezer released a survey showing 'Ninety-seven percent could not distinguish between music entirely generated by AI and human-created music' among 9,000 respondents, said Deezer.
  • Between October 6 and 10, Ipsos asked 9,000 respondents across eight countries to compare two AI clips and one human clip, according to Deezer.
  • From one in 10 to one in three daily streams, AI music climbed to nearly 40,000 per day, while The Velvet Sundown, AI band, went viral on Spotify with over three million streams.
  • Eighty percent of survey respondents demanded fully AI-generated music be clearly labelled, while more than half felt uncomfortable not distinguishing it and 51 percent feared more low-quality music on streaming platforms.
  • Spotify said it will encourage a voluntary disclosure code while Deezer uniquely labels fully AI-generated tracks and Breaking Rust topped Billboard magazine's digital country sales chart Monday.
Insights by Ground AI
Podcasts & Opinions

83 Articles

Right

Is the song made by humans or created by artificial intelligence (AI)? This is not so easy to distinguish, as a recent survey conducted by the market research institute Ipsos on behalf of streaming provider Deezer shows. Three songs were played to the survey participants – two by an AI and one by humans – and they had to answer which song was by whom. 97 percent of the 9000 participants were wrong.After the experiment, the survey participants we…

·Vienna, Austria
Read Full Article
Lean Left

More than half of the respondents feel uncomfortable due to not being able to determine the origin of music.

Read Full Article
Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 46% of the sources are Center
46% Center

Factuality Info Icon

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

Info Icon

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

TechXplore broke the news on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
Too Big Arrow Icon
Sources are mostly out of (0)

Similar News Topics

News
Feed Dots Icon
For You
Search Icon
Search
Blindspot LogoBlindspotLocal