Beatport Expands Beatdapp Partnership to Detect AI-Generated Music

Beatport is expanding its partnership with music fraud detection specialist Beatdapp, introducing new technology designed to identify AI-generated music across its catalogue.

Under Beatport’s updated Content Guidelines, fully or majority AI-generated tracks will not be permitted on the platform. They will instead be withheld during ingestion, with rightsholders notified directly.

Music created with AI assistance will still be accepted, provided the finished track remains majority human-made. These releases will be tagged during ingestion, giving Beatport’s curation team a clearer picture of what it is reviewing and featuring.

The policy also reflects the feelings of Beatport’s DJ community. 

According to a recent user survey:

• 60% said they would not play AI-generated tracks in their sets.
• Of those respondents, 77% cited a firm preference for supporting human creators.
• Just 8% said they were currently open to playing AI-generated music.
• A further 13% would consider it if artists and labels were fairly compensated.

Speaking on this expanded partnership, Beatport CEO Matt Gralen said:

Beatport exists to serve DJs and empower artists & labels. This means partnering with our community and providing confidence in what our platform offers. While new production techniques have driven electronic music forward since the beginning, there is a difference between a tool that assists human creation and a system that replaces it entirely. Beatport is built on the former.

Beatport’s existing work with Beatdapp initially focused on streaming fraud. The two companies will now address fraudulent activity and unauthorized AI-generated content together, with Beatdapp’s detection technology able to distinguish between fully generated and AI-assisted tracks.

Beatdapp co-founder and co-CEO Andrew Batey said the partnership will bring greater transparency to generative AI while protecting human creativity. Jay Ahern, chief strategy officer at the Association for Electronic Music, added that Beatport’s policy aligns with AFEM’s AI Principles by recognizing that not every use of AI should be treated in the same way.