AI song generator Udio offers brief window for downloads after Universal settlement upsets users

Artificial intelligence song generation platform Udio said it would give its frustrated users 48 hours starting Monday to download their songs before the company shifts to a new business model to comply with a legal settlement.

The short reprieve comes after Udio on Wednesday said it had settled copyright infringement claims brought by Universal Music, a label with artists including Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Drake and Kendrick Lamar.

AI companies are now fighting so many copyright lawsuits that a tech industry lobby group, the Chamber of Progress,…