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I extracted the safety filters from Apple Intelligence models

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534 points BlueFalconHD | 2 comments | 06 Jul 25 19:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.443s | source

I managed to reverse engineer the encryption (refered to as “Obfuscation” in the framework) responsible for managing the safety filters of Apple Intelligence models. I have extracted them into a repository. I encourage you to take a look around.
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userbinator ◴[06 Jul 25 22:00 UTC] No.44484484[source]▶
China calls it "harmonious society", we call it "safety". Censorship by any other name would be just as effective for manipulating the thoughts of the populace. It's not often that you get to see stuff like this.
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energy123 ◴[07 Jul 25 05:52 UTC] No.44487180[source]▶
This is the rhetorical tactic of false equivalence. State censorship by an autocracy with the objective of population control is not the same thing as a private company inside a democracy censoring their product to avoid bad press and maintain goodwill for shareholders. If you want solid proof that it's not the same thing, see all the uncensored open weights models that you can freely download and use without fear of persecution.
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troupo ◴[07 Jul 25 06:48 UTC] No.44487393[source]▶
> is not the same thing as a private company inside a democracy censoring their product to avoid bad press and

Yet this private company has more power and influence than most countries. And there are several such companies. We already live in sci fi corporate dystopia, we just haven't fully realised it yet.

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1. chgs ◴[07 Jul 25 08:33 UTC] No.44488019[source]▶
People think a trillion dollar brainwashing industry is absolutely fine because of “democracy”, completely ignoring that all you have to do is use a century of experience convincing people to act against their own interests can deliver whatever you want.

Often the same people who think America is fine and safe are the ones who whine about the “main stream media” and “sheeple”.

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2. Spivak ◴[07 Jul 25 16:03 UTC] No.44491727[source]▶
Which trillion dollar brainwashing industry— primary school, news, social media, advertising, the printing press?

I would put individuals using language models for their own purposes pretty low on my list of things that can cause societal harm.