Meta and Google AI safety controls can be stripped in minutes
Meta and Google AI safety controls can be easily removed, according to a Financial Times investigation. The testing revealed that their open-weight models could be modified in under 10 minutes using publicly available tools. This raises significant questions about accountability and safety in AI development.
- ▪The Financial Times found that safety controls in Meta's Llama 3.3 and Google's Gemma 3 can be dismantled quickly.
- ▪The tool used for testing, called Heretic, is available on GitHub and can strip away safety alignments.
- ▪Modified versions of these AI models can produce outputs on prohibited topics, such as biological weapons.
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| Publication time | Tue, 26 May 2026 22:31:02 +0000 |
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