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PS5 Linux lead quits: "a bunch of noobs using LLMs" that "they don't understand"

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  1. arnaudsm · · focus · HN ↗
    Misleading title, there's another major reason: it's an embargo agreement violation that jeopardizes Linux support on PS5.

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    1. sva_ · · focus · HN ↗
      &gt; The scene used to be a group of highly talented researchers, but now it is just a bunch of noobs using LLMs and writing hacks they don&#x27;t even understand. Slop kiddies found the only hypervisor bug left, which I had also found a while ago, and decided to report to Sony.

      Sounds like he is salty that somebody found an exploit using LLM that he found manually (which probably took a significant amount of time.) I can partly understand it, but I mean that&#x27;s also just the game that somebody else might find an exploit, LLMs just make it easier. LLMs finding bugs is not a bad thing, just sucks for enjoyers of open source software in this particular case.

      You can probably find more though.

      1. gbil · · focus · HN ↗
        &gt;I asked them to at least wait for GTA 6 to come out so that people would have the opportunity to legally purchase the game and also enjoy linux. They agreed to wait, but not a day passed and they decided to waste it instead.

        This guy has used on working with people that understand the scene, it seems that they were in contact, they agreed on something and then the next day they did something different.

        This is really important in the context of what happened and probably the cherry on top of the current &quot;hacking&quot; cake, with the bar being lowered so much that anybody can jump in with some minor skill and luck and get something just for themselves.

        1. charcircuit · · focus · HN ↗
          There was already a third party that found the exploit before it was reported. It&#x27;s clear that it was essentially not a secret anymore.
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