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Security/The Decoder/September 6, 2026 at 8:55 AM

Stripping safety guardrails from open-weight AI models is now a turnkey commercial service

Abliteration.ai sells access to modified open-weight models with their trained safety mechanisms stripped out, currently based on Z.AI's GLM-5.3. The startup markets the service for offensive cybersecurity and red teaming, but journalists were able to generate malware instructions without much effort. Whether the benefits outweigh the risks remains an open question. The article Stripping safety guardrails from open-weight AI models is now a turnkey commercial service appeared first on The Decoder .

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