Devon Thomas, a former Apple AI engineer, started Abliteration AI to sell open‑weight models that have had their guardrails removed. The service began in December 2025 and runs on a $20,000 home‑built computer cluster. Users can download and run the models themselves, avoiding the restrictions that big labs place on ChatGPT, Claude and similar services. Thomas says the goal is to give developers, especially in cybersecurity, full control over model behavior.
Why it matters
It lets security teams test defenses with AI that won’t refuse potentially risky queries.
