AI Music Tools Now Good Enough to Replace Licensed Tracks

Suno and Google Udio generate full-length, competently produced songs in seconds from text prompts. The outputs rival human recordings at casual listen—a threshold shift that reshapes commercial and legal stakes. Sync licensing, stock music, and session work face immediate pressure. The Copyright Office leaves AI music in legal limbo: potentially infringing on the training side, unprotectable on output. Litigation will likely precede policy.