Christopher Rapkin

On any given day, my inbox sees roughly 1,200 emails—an endless stream that never really lets up. Add to that the constant flood of friend and connection requests across social media, arriving around the clock, and it becomes clear just how noisy the digital world has become. The reality? The overwhelming majority—easily 99%—aren’t genuine people at all, but bots, fake profiles, data harvesters, and bad actors fishing for access.

It’s a stark reminder that in today’s hyper-connected landscape, discernment isn’t optional—it’s essential.

What’s even more interesting is that I’ve found a simple response can stop most A.I. and bot accounts in their tracks. I typically reply with something like:

“Hey—always happy to connect, but how did you find me, and what kind of music are you into?”

It sounds casual, but it’s surprisingly effective. Most bots struggle when asked two specific, contextual questions at once—especially when one requires a personal, nuanced answer. If you really want to throw them off, switching the question into another language can make it even harder for automated systems to respond convincingly.

After doing some deep research into this, I’ve realized it’s not really about complex algorithms—it’s about phrasing. The right words, asked the right way, can quickly separate real people from artificial noise.

Hope this helps.

(Yes, the pic is of HAL9000; the computer from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey).🚀

When I submit my work to the Latin Recording Academy, I am required to submit my stems, (individual tracks for each song) in order to prove that it is not artificial intelligence.

If you are just having A.I. create thousands of songs, streaming them and having bots following, you will make millions...until you get caught. Some kid just got pinched for $8M doing just that.

Every platform has drawn a different line.

And most music pros don't know where each one stands.

Here's the full picture, strictest to most open:

1. Bandcamp:
↳ Full ban on AI-produced music.
↳ Community reporting enforced.

2. Deezer:
↳ Proprietary AI detection at scale.
↳ Excluded from all recommendations.
↳ Detection tech now licensed industry-wide.

3. YouTube Music:
↳ Human input required or demonetized.
↳ Content ID flags undisclosed AI.

4. Spotify:
↳ DDEX disclosure required.
↳ AI voice clones banned and removed.

5. Qobuz:
↳ AI Charter with proprietary detection.
↳ Excluded from all curated sections.

6. Apple Music:
↳ Voluntary tags, no enforcement.
↳ Distributors define "AI content" themselves.

7. Amazon Music:
↳ No public AI content policy.
↳ Integrated Suno despite RIAA lawsuit.
↳ Quiet takedowns reported.

8. Pandora:
↳ No formal policy published.
↳ Follows general distributor rules.

9. SoundCloud:
↳ Uploads allowed.
↳ Catalog protected from AI training.

10. Tidal:
↳ No hard ban on AI tracks.
↳ Catalog protected from training.

39% of all daily deliveries to Deezer are now fully AI-generated.

Up to 85% of those streams were fraudulent in 2025.

Detection is coming to every platform.

The gap between Bandcamp and Apple Music is enormous.

One bans AI outright, the other leaves the definition to distributors.

Deezer is the only platform catching undisclosed AI content independently.

Thank you to Christopher Wieduwilt for his research on this subject.