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-license: cc-by-nc-4.0
+license: apache-2.0
 language:
 - en
 pipeline_tag: text-generation
 tags:
 - music
+- art
+- text-generation-inference
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-    <a href="https://github.com/multimodal-art-projection/YuE.git">YuE GitHub🧑🏻‍💻</a>  &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="https://map-yue.github.io/">Demo 🎶</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; 📑 <a href="">Paper (coming soon)</a>
+    <a href="https://map-yue.github.io/">Demo 🎶</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; 📑 <a href="">Paper (coming soon)</a>
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     <a href="https://huggingface.co/m-a-p/YuE-s1-7B-anneal-en-cot">YuE-s1-7B-anneal-en-cot 🤗</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="https://huggingface.co/m-a-p/YuE-s1-7B-anneal-en-icl">YuE-s1-7B-anneal-en-icl 🤗</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="https://huggingface.co/m-a-p/YuE-s1-7B-anneal-jp-kr-cot">YuE-s1-7B-anneal-jp-kr-cot 🤗</a>
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-YuE is a groundbreaking series of open-source foundation models designed for music generation, specifically for transforming lyrics into full songs (lyrics2song). It can generate a complete song, lasting several minutes, that includes both a catchy vocal track and complementary accompaniment, ensuring a polished and cohesive result. YuE is capable of modeling diverse genres/vocal styles. Below are examples of songs in the pop and metal genres. For more styles, please visit the demo page.
+YuE is a groundbreaking series of open-source foundation models designed for music generation, specifically for transforming lyrics into full songs (lyrics2song). It can generate a complete song, lasting several minutes, that includes both a catchy vocal track and accompaniment track. YuE is capable of modeling diverse genres/languages/vocal techniques. Please visit the [**Demo Page**](https://map-yue.github.io/) for amazing vocal performance.
 
 Pop:Quiet Evening
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 ## News and Updates
 
+* **2025.01.30 🔥 Announcement: A New Era Under Apache 2.0 🔥**: We are thrilled to announce that, in response to overwhelming requests from our community, **YuE** is now officially licensed under the **Apache 2.0** license. We sincerely hope this marks a watershed moment—akin to what Stable Diffusion and LLaMA have achieved in their respective fields—for music generation and creative AI. 🎉🎉🎉
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+* **2025.01.29 🎉**: We have updated the license description. we **ENCOURAGE** artists and content creators to sample and incorporate outputs generated by our model into their own works, and even monetize them. The only requirement is to credit our name: **YuE by HKUST/M-A-P** (alphabetic order).
 * **2025.01.28 🫶**: Thanks to Fahd for creating a tutorial on how to quickly get started with YuE. Here is his [demonstration](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSMNH9GitbA).
 * **2025.01.26 🔥**: We have released the **YuE** series.
 
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 Please check our [github](https://github.com/multimodal-art-projection/YuE.git) for easy quickstart.
 
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+## License Agreement \& Disclaimer  
+- The YuE model (including its weights) is now released under the **Apache License, Version 2.0**. We do not make any profit from this model, and we hope it can be used for the betterment of human creativity.
+- **Use & Attribution**: 
+    - We encourage artists and content creators to freely incorporate outputs generated by YuE into their own works, including commercial projects. 
+    - We encourage attribution to the model’s name (“YuE by HKUST/M-A-P”), especially for public and commercial use. 
+- **Originality & Plagiarism**: It is the sole responsibility of creators to ensure that their works, derived from or inspired by YuE outputs, do not plagiarize or unlawfully reproduce existing material. We strongly urge users to perform their own due diligence to avoid copyright infringement or other legal violations.
+- **Recommended Labeling**: When uploading works to streaming platforms or sharing them publicly, we **recommend** labeling them with terms such as: “AI-generated”, “YuE-generated", “AI-assisted” or “AI-auxiliated”. This helps maintain transparency about the creative process.
+- **Disclaimer of Liability**: 
+    - We do not assume any responsibility for the misuse of this model, including (but not limited to) illegal, malicious, or unethical activities. 
+    - Users are solely responsible for any content generated using the YuE model and for any consequences arising from its use. 
+    - By using this model, you agree that you understand and comply with all applicable laws and regulations regarding your generated content.
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-## License Agreement
+## Acknowledgements
+The project is co-lead by HKUST and M-A-P (alphabetic order). Also thanks moonshot.ai, bytedance, 01.ai, and geely for supporting the project.
+A friendly link to HKUST Audio group's [huggingface space](https://huggingface.co/HKUSTAudio). 
 
-Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0
+We deeply appreciate all the support we received along the way. Long live open-source AI!
 
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