Soofi-S draws criticism over gated release

Gating model weights under a closed beta after advertising a sovereign open-source release is a disappointing example of open-washing that alienates developers.

* Gating the repository on Hugging Face hinders rapid community adoption and runs counter to the project's goal of fostering a transparent, open European AI ecosystem.

* The hybrid architecture of Mamba-2 and attention layers is a compelling technical direction, but its evaluation is restricted by access controls.

* The addition of the disclaimer reflects the typical tension in government-funded consortia between demonstrating immediate progress and managing risk.