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Cisco Verifies Lineage of 900 Open Models: 69% Remain Unverified

Cisco has launched a public database verifying the lineage of 900 open models, addressing significant validation gaps for engineers.

Security teams approving open-source models typically start with a repository page that lists the model name and license, but the lineage claims are often unverified. Cisco has launched a public database that verifies the lineage of nearly 900 open models, addressing a significant gap in model validation. This tool helps engineers understand which models they are using by grounding relationships in similarity scores rather than self-reported metadata.