Warner Music Enters Licensing Deal With AI Music Startup [Barron's]
Warner Music Group Corp. - Class A (WMG)
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The landmark agreement resolves litigation between the major label and Udio, while establishing what the companies described as a "clear framework" for developing AI-powered music tools that compensate artists and songwriters. Advertisement - Scroll to Continue The settlement comes as the music industry grapples with the rapid rise of generative AI tools that can create songs mimicking artists' voices and styles, raising thorny questions about copyright, compensation and creative control. The agreement follows a first-of-its-kind deal struck between Universal Music Group and Udio last month to work together on the new service, which will launch in 2026. Udio -- backed by investors including Andreessen Horowitz and will.i.am -- and other AI companies like OpenAI have been accused by major record companies of using their songs to "train" artificial intelligence models which can produce music that apes human artists. The service uses artificial intelligence to generate complet
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- 11/20/25 - Miss
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- 12/5/25 - Form 4/A
- 12/4/25 - Form 4
- 12/1/25 - Form 8-K
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