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    "slug": "wavespeed-ai",
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   "field": "access",
   "url": "https://github.com/antgroup/echomimic_v3",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Tested on Linux; a Windows one-click package exists for the quantised V3. Weights on Hugging Face and ModelScope; V1 has a Hugging Face demo Space."
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   "field": "commercial_use",
   "url": "https://github.com/antgroup/echomimic_v3",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Apache 2.0 allows commercial use. V1's page says it is meant for academic research, so check V1 weights before commercial use."
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   "field": "licence",
   "url": "https://github.com/antgroup/echomimic_v3",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
   "note": "V3 adds a list of banned uses (illegal, harmful, misinformation, targeting vulnerable groups). V3 is built on Alibaba's Wan2.1-Fun 1.3B, whose own licence also applies."
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   "url": "https://github.com/antgroup/echomimic_v3",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
   "note": "V1 (2024), V2 (half-body) and V3 (Aug 2025) are separate repos; V3-Flash released 22 Jan 2026."
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  {
   "field": "likeness_cloning",
   "url": "https://github.com/antgroup/echomimic_v3",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Self-run software works on any face photo; no consent step. Users are 'fully accountable' for use."
  },
  {
   "field": "made_by",
   "url": "https://github.com/antgroup/echomimic_v3",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
   "note": "Built by Alipay's terminal technology team at Ant Group. No company address read, so no country."
  },
  {
   "field": "modalities",
   "url": "https://github.com/antgroup/echomimic",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
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  {
   "field": "openness",
   "url": "https://github.com/antgroup/echomimic_v3",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
   "note": "V3 code and models stated as Apache 2.0. V1 code is Apache 2.0 but its weights licence isn't named."
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  {
   "field": "pricing",
   "url": "https://github.com/antgroup/echomimic_v3",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
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   "note": null
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   "field": "skill_level",
   "url": "https://github.com/antgroup/echomimic_v3",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Our judgement: Python and CUDA install; V1 has a local web interface."
  },
  {
   "field": "tasks",
   "url": "https://github.com/antgroup/echomimic_v3",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
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 "attribution": "Data from Plainly Guide (https://plainly.guide). Please credit Plainly with a link to the entry page when you use it."
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