Publishing clear information about an AI model's training data sources, architecture, system prompts, and operational decision logs.

Adopted in corporate PR campaigns to signal total honesty and ethical leadership. It bestows an aura of unblemished corporate openness, even when the vendor keeps core training datasets and proprietary safety prompts secret behind closed doors.

• PR Posture: Claiming total transparency while treating primary model code and training data as trade secrets.
• Selective Disclosure: Publishing high-level factsheets while hiding output failure rates and human auditing logs.
• Ethical Washing: Using "transparency" as a marketing tag without giving users direct access to underlying system prompts.

A Few Good Men (1990s) scene where Colonel Jessep leans forward on the witness stand, pounding his fist and shouting, "You can't handle the truth!" at the courtroom after being pressed for clear operational records.

“Our commitment to transparent AI ensures complete visibility into enterprise software operations.”

“We provide clear documentation explaining what data our search tool uses and how it generates responses.”