Udio Bans Downloads after Settlement with Universal Music Group

Interesting to see so few comments about this.

This is the start of the end of generative AI music.

Without the entire music catalog, they are just not going to be able get the diversity and quality of outputs they once had, and the labels are always going to have their hands out wanting more.

Udio and Suno have demonstrated that okay-quality new music can be created by training on vast collections of pirated music, and, as expected, the music labels shut them down.