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However, many companies—including Meta—are wary of revealing proprietary training data, citing legal risks, safety concerns, and the potential for misuse. This tension between openness and security echoes the struggles of the open-source movement in the 1990s, when Microsoft famously resisted open standards.
Critics also point out that some companies may use the "open-source" label as a marketing tactic without genuinely sharing all necessary details—a phenomenon known as "open washing." The new OSI standards aim to curb this by creating clear criteria for openness, including transparency about datasets, code, and training parameters.