Renaming or lightly changing a model to hide where it came from.
A thrift-store shirt gets a shiny new tag. Suddenly, it is “Dave’s Luxury Fashion.”
A company may rename or tweak a model to hide its maker. Watch for this when checking a model’s supply chain.
AI Model Provenance
Model laundering hides or blurs clues about a model’s source.
AI Model Branding
It may use a new name and new packaging to look original.
Model-licenses
A hidden source can make license duties hard to enforce.