Udio’s Reinvention Problem: You Can’t Go Home Again

Opinion analysis on Udio’s pivot from an unlicensed, prompt-based AI music generator to a UMG-licensed, walled-garden service. Argues the shift requires scrapping and retraining models on licensed data, adding attribution/compliance, and will likely trigger major user drop-off, investor dilution, and continued litigation risk. Warns against reproducing streaming-era low payouts and emphasizes that any ‘ethical AI’ must center creator consent and compensation.

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