Marketing that makes partly open AI look fully open-source.
Open-source washing is a “free bike” sign at a yard sale. You show up and get one wheel.
Use it when you read model launches or compare AI vendors. It checks if the open promise is real.
Open-source-model
Open-source washing pretends to be true open source and blurs the line.
Open weights
Open weights are often sold as full open source.
Model-licenses
Model licenses say if you can use, change, or share the model.
Closed-source Model
A closed-source model can use open talk to feel less locked down.