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  The open-source initiative, named FlashProve, seeks to eliminate deceptive industry practices such as secretly swapping in cheaper architectures or masking models to fake benchmark scores. By mathematically certifying output origins, the protocol gives end users independent verification of third-party performance and security claims. This mechanism functions without forcing commercial developers to surrender proprietary weights or expose their underlying intellectual property.

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