# AIGC & AI Models

At the heart of the Taste Protocol is the belief that AI models should be transparent, verifiable, and attributable - especially when they underpin monetized content. To achieve this, Taste introduces **contract-bound model identity**: each AI model is deployed as a uniquely addressable smart contract on-chain, deterministically tied to its training data, parameters, and version.

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* Provenance: Establish irrefutable authorship and timestamps for every deployed model.
* Determinism: Enforce immutability, ensuring that any alteration in model artefacts results in a new, incompatible contract address.
* Composability: Enable on-chain contracts, protocols, and DAOs to interact with specific models as first-class primitives.
* Attribution: Allows creators to earn fees from all AIGC tokens minted through their models, even across third-party frontends or platforms.