Proton sets a new record in open-washing

[… Lumo] is the least open “open” AI assistant that we have ever added to our index. One of our reasons for inclusion is an openness claim: a model provider that calls their system “open” or “open source” or a variation on that. Lumo is “open” in that sense (Proton calls it open source) but in no other way. Nothing about it is currently open. […]

    • Sonalder@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      8 days ago

      Lumo Apps is one thing, Lumo itself is another. The way Proton is marketing this service is truely misleading.

      As a user of Proton I ma really disapointed by their Lumo marketing and the actual reality of the service. Reminds me how they marketed ProtonPass at launch in a different way. I’m starting to think it’s a bad thing having them developing such a wide ecosystem of tools. They should focus on a more narrow number and make them stands out.