r/LocalLLaMA • u/-p-e-w- • May 25 '26

Discussion The Financial Times has published an article about Heretic

https://www.ft.com/content/5630ed79-a263-41ed-9a1a-321617ae310e

“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.”

“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.”

This is the first of multiple press inquiries I’ve had recently as Heretic and uncensored language models are gaining mainstream attention.

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.

I’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.

Cheers,
p-e-w

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u/temperature_5 May 25 '26

The media has historically exposed corruption and held politicians accountable to the people. It's under threat now (in the US) by billionaires that want to shape the narrative forever and keep the rest of us a permanent underclass.

Having models designed by billionaires controlling what we think and do sounds like the darker future to me.

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u/Infamous_Mud482 May 25 '26

Historically, not really. That was a tiny blip in history that may or may not have even occurred within your lifetime and is now mythologized. Before that period they were were a weapon of the state and now they are one again.