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  "title": "The Financial Times has published an article about Heretic",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1tna22m/the_financial_times_has_published_an_article/",
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  "transcript": "https://www.ft.com/content/5630ed79-a263-41ed-9a1a-321617ae310e\n\n“The FT was able to use Heretic, a tool available on the popular code repository GitHub, to remove the guardrails from Meta’s Llama 3.3 model in less than 10 minutes without any specialist hardware.”\n\n“Heretic creator Philipp Emanuel Weidmann told the FT his software had been used to create more than 3,500 “decensored” models since its release last year and that modified systems created using the tool had been downloaded 13mn times.”\n\nThis is the first of multiple press inquiries I’ve had recently as Heretic and uncensored language models are gaining mainstream attention.\n\n**Please note that I am a mathematician and engineer, not an “influencer” or politician, and I have zero interest (negative interest, actually) in becoming known outside of scientific and technological circles.** However, I realized a while ago that saying no to such inquiries simply means that the conversation will be completely controlled by pearl-clutching hypocrites.\n\nI’m doing my very best to hold the project together and ensure that unrestricted models will remain available for everyone. More updates are coming soon.\n\nCheers,  \np-e-w\n\n\n\n--- Top Comments ---\n\n\n[1 upvotes] Your post is getting popular and we just featured it on our Discord! [Come check it out!](https://discord.gg/PgFhZ8cnWW)\n\nYou've also been given a special flair for your contribution. We appreciate your post!\n\n*I am a bot and this action was performed automatically.*\n\n[151 upvotes] Gee, I wonder if this is related to Meta sending a takedown.\n\n[118 upvotes] Ugh. Sorry, p-e-w. How I wish this could stay out of the mainstream, last thing I want is more stupid takes by people who don't understand anything about LLMs or technology :(\n\n[112 upvotes] Congratulations on becoming a target of the system. Be very careful if someone approaches you for an interview, even if they seem friendly.\n\nThis is also probably why you got your demand letter. FT likely approached meta for comment before publishing this piece.",
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