Research internship - AI music detection (m/f/d)

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From a pioneer tech start-up created in 2007, Deezer has become one of the first French unicorns and the second largest independent music streaming platform in the world.

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Job Description

Recent advances in music generation have enabled the development of systems capable of producing very realistic music: numerous platforms now offer services that let you generate a song as an audio file from a simple prompt describing the intended results. While the technical progress is impressive, the cheap and massive generation of music has also downsides, and AI-generated music now floods music streaming platforms (Deezer recently reported that more than a third of its daily deliveries are AI-generated), containing mainly AI slop with little legitimate use or even fraudulent use.

To monitor this massive flow as well as to be transparent with the end user, Deezer developed a detector of AI-generated content able to detect content generated by various platforms with very high accuracy. Nevertheless, the system can be fooled by some audio manipulations [1] and may not be able to give further insights in cases of hybrid music tracks containing both AI-generated and recorded stems or samples.

The objective of the internship will be to study the detection of various cases of hybrid content in a controlled context.

This position has a start date between beginning of February and end of April

What you will do:

• Collect data to generate a dataset of hybrid content
• Propose and discuss solutions to the task at hand.
• Develop and evaluate solutions.
  
  

[1] Darius Afchar, Gabriel Meseguer-Brocal, Romain Hennequin. AI-Generated Music Detection and Its Challenges. ICASSP 2025

Qualifications

• Master/PhD student in machine learning, signal processing, or related field.
• Knowledge of audio signal processing.
• Good programming skills (preferred Python) for data processing and machine learning model training
• Creativity and autonomy
  
  

At Deezer, diversity drives innovation. Whatever makes you uniquely you, your experiences, your way of thinking, your journey, might be exactly what we need.

If this role speaks to you and aligns with your interests and capabilities, even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications listed, please give it a try and tell us more! #BeYou

Additional Information

Please apply with an up to date resume AND a detailed cover letter preferably written by yourself and not ChatGPT.

At Deezer, you can be your true self as we believe that #everyvoicematters. We strive to build an inclusive culture and foster a diverse environment. Because we care and want to ensure each employee feels welcome and safe at work, we continuously focus on fighting biases and helping diverse teams work well together through multiple learning opportunities, e-learnings and workshops right from the onboarding :

• Regular Diversity & Inclusion internal and external talks
• Dedicated employee work streams on Gender equity, Ethnicity & Culture, Disability and LGBTQ+
• Multiple e-learnings and mandatory training sessions for all managers
• English and French courses for all, so that everyone can connect and feel included
  
  

Beyond benefits like transportation, we offer you extra perks like:

• A Deezer premium family account for free
• Access to gym classes
• Join over 70 Deezer Communities to connect beyond your day-to-day work, share passions, learn from each other and #Belong
• Deezer parties several times a year and drinks every thursday
• Allowance for sports, travelling and culture
• Meal vouchers
• Mental health and well-being support from Moka.Care
• Great offices always located in dynamic and attractive districts, whether in Paris, London or Sao Paulo!
• Hybrid remote work policy
  
  

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