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What consent, watermark and disclosure mechanisms does VibeVoice document, and are they still enforced in the repository?

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The VibeVoice-1.5B HF card (c00898d2, MIT front matter) documents consent-based out-of-scope uses, an audible disclaimer and an imperceptible watermark; the GitHub README (16fb2cb1) says the TTS code was removed on 2025-09-05 after misuse and marks the 1.5B TTS entry Disabled. Card and README describe different artefacts at different revisions.

The VibeVoice-1.5B HF card (c00898d2, MIT front matter) documents consent-based out-of-scope uses, an audible disclaimer and an imperceptible watermark; the GitHub README (16fb2cb1) says the TTS code was removed on 2025-09-05 after misuse and marks the 1.5B TTS entry Disabled. Card and README describe different artefacts at different revisions. Curator qualifications: Do not say the watermark or disclaimer claim was 'withdrawn': no text read says so (C2-B81-AUDIT2 hint); the code removal is sourced. Whether released weights/audio contain the watermark is untested; no detector documented in files read. MIT front matter vs prose use restrictions remains an unresolved rights conflict. No legal conclusion; route- and use-specific applicability not determined. Text only; no assets, weights or audio downloaded; nothing run. Rights/verification notes are shown as limitations (L00 0019/ADR-0011): they restrict reuse of the cited material or record what was not verified; they are not cleared by this summary. Limitations: Text only; no assets, weights or audio downloaded; nothing run. [rights_conflict_record] Eligible as revision-scoped observation; keep MIT-vs-prose conflict and watermark claims held. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
Structured fields
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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/microsoft/VibeVoice-1.5B/raw/c00898d257e6b46004e3e2866a47534085fb685a/README.md",
      "note": "VibeVoice-1.5B card c00898d2 lines 5, 61, 80-81; GitHub README 16fb2cb1 lines 47, 70"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/microsoft/VibeVoice/blob/16fb2cb1217c9934a886e1948ffb06120caa2df5/README.md",
      "note": "VibeVoice-1.5B card c00898d2 lines 5, 61, 80-81; GitHub README 16fb2cb1 lines 47, 70"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/microsoft/VibeVoice/blob/16fb2cb1217c9934a886e1948ffb06120caa2df5/docs/vibevoice-realtime-0.5b.md",
      "note": "VibeVoice-1.5B card c00898d2 lines 5, 61, 80-81; GitHub README 16fb2cb1 lines 47, 70"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/microsoft/VibeVoice-Realtime-0.5B/raw/6bce5f06044837fe6d2c5d7a71a84f0416bd57e4/README.md",
      "note": "VibeVoice-1.5B card c00898d2 lines 5, 61, 80-81; GitHub README 16fb2cb1 lines 47, 70"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/api/models/microsoft/VibeVoice-1.5B",
      "note": "VibeVoice-1.5B card c00898d2 lines 5, 61, 80-81; GitHub README 16fb2cb1 lines 47, 70"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

  • [sourced_fact] The VibeVoice-1.5B HF card (c00898d2, MIT front matter) documents consent-based out-of-scope uses, an audible disclaimer and an imperceptible watermark; the GitHub README (16fb2cb1) says the TTS code was removed on 2025-09-05 after misuse and marks the 1.5B TTS entry Disabled. Card and README describe different artefacts at different revisions. · locator: VibeVoice-1.5B card c00898d2 lines 5, 61, 80-81; GitHub README 16fb2cb1 lines 47, 70 source

Rights

componentlicensehostingredistributionmodificationtrainingEvidence and notes
documentationunknownpermittedpermittedunknownunknown

Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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