Heretic strips restrictions from language models so they obey you
Heretic removes restrictions from language models
Heretic is a free, open-source tool that removes restrictions from language models, ensuring they always follow your instructions. Install it with pip and run it on any model, such as Qwen/Qwen3.5-4B, to take control of AI behavior. Released under the AGPLv3, it offers a direct way to bypass built-in limitations.
Heretic removes restrictions from language models, making sure they always follow your instructions
- Almondsetat
I have a chinese IP camera. From superficial research I know it has some CVEs to take control of it. Unfortunately, I don't have the technical knowledge to perform an attack and run some software to extend the camera's functionalities. No model from a provider accepts my RE and hacking requests, so these abliterated ones have been vital to reclaim possession over my stuff
- Aurornis
Two problems with modifying models like these, which you should be aware of.
First, the training sets of these models are usually shaped around the refusal, too. They might not have enough of the knowledge to answer correctly even if you stop it from going down the refusal path. If the model was trained on data that gives a refusal to that topic, the real information might not be encoded in the model at all. You’re trying to force it to go down a path that produces an answer, which asking for hallucinations.
Second, the quality can drop on unrelated questions. Depending on the question this may or may not happen. I know they post KL divergence charts but those tell you very little for a focused topic like this.
So if you expect a model that will start correctly telling you info that its local government didn’t want included, this changes nothing.
The best argument for these models is if you are trying to do a general purpose task but the model triggers a refusal based on vague reasons, like not wanting to reverse engineer something.
- Tepix
Keep a close eye on abliterated and "heretic" open weight models. They will be outlawed first.
- erremerre
I have attempted to use an agent to try to unlock the boot loader of an old xiaomi phone to install lineage OS. It managed to brick and unbrick the device, but there boot loader is still locked.
- _0xdd
I'll wait for Hexen, thanks.
- c0wb0yc0d3r
This is off topic.
Why don’t people who release python projects ever encode the venv steps into the installer? Can’t pip just do that step for the user?
- nateb2022
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45945587 (10 months ago, 387 comments)
- N_Lens
Looks like a well engineered, automated abliteration pipeline. The claims seem a bit overstated though, since the metrics mentioned are cherrypicking refusal count and KL divergence, both of which make the outcome seem the most dramatic.