'Open-Washing' Is Everywhere in AI. Four Criteria Cut Through It | TechPolicy.Press

An AI policy analyst applies rigorous open-source criteria to assess whether models like Moonshot's Kimi K3 genuinely qualify as open-source, finding widespread 'open-washing' where companies claim openness while withholding training data, code, and transparent governance. The Open Source Initiative's formal definition requires disclosed training code, weights, data, and unrestricted licensing; very few models meet this bar.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Frontier Models and Generative AI. Wire is Fusion42's founder-focused intelligence feed: each story is connected to the funds and startups it names — every one with a live profile on Raise or Scout — so founders can follow the capital and the momentum behind the headline rather than just the headline itself. Wire analysis is one of the live surfaces Arthur reasons over.