About
Taumin started with a simple question: when a website says it uses AI “responsibly”, how can you check? We wanted a tool that compares what a website claims with what can be observed, with the evidence to back it up.
A name that means “transparent”
Taumin comes from the Cantonese 透明, pronounced roughly “tau-min”, which means “transparent”. The full word, 透明度, means the degree of transparency: how far you can see through something.
That is exactly what we measure. Not the truth of a website, which nobody can guarantee, but the distance between what it shows and what can be established.
A logo in two layers
The “T” in our logo is made of two translucent panes that overlap without blending. Teal stands for what the website declares. Coral, for what we observe. Where they overlap, you can see both at once.
The two colours run through the whole site: teal for what is declared, coral for what is observed, never for decoration.
Where the project comes from
The project started in October 2026 under the working name “Intégrité IA”. Since 2 August 2026, Article 50 of the EU AI Act requires telling people when they are talking to an AI and labelling some generated content. Many websites make commitments about AI; very few let you check them.
We chose to build the tool in the open: our measurements, our mistakes and our limits are published in our articles, figures included.
What will not change
- Signals and dated evidence, never a verdict.
- Three separate scores: use of AI, transparency, risk.
- No real website, business or person used as an example of risk.
- No commission, no paid badge: see our independence commitments.
To understand how we work, read our method. To write to us: [email protected].