Guest
Devon Thomas
CEO, Abliteration
Real Alpha has cut 4 moments of Devon Thomas (CEO, Abliteration) talking, from an interview on MTS published Oct 17, 2026.
What Devon Thomas said
Cyber defenders welcomed access to less-restricted models
“But for the most part, all of our customers were really excited to have access to these models and to better be able to defend their own products.”
Devon Thomas1:46 Defenders need to test systems before attackers do
“so like I said, so the point is, is that you can test your own system before some bad actor tests your system for you.”
Devon Thomas4:17 Customers can define guardrails for their own deployments
“we do have a feature where in like natural language or otherwise they can set their own guardrails that works for like their organization”
Devon Thomas19:26 Access limits can reduce misuse but cannot eliminate it
“it's always going to be best effort and i don't think you ever get to a point where it's 100 but you always try”
Devon Thomas10:12
The episode
Model Refusals Don't Stop Hackers | Devon Thomas
Devon Thomas · CEO, Abliteration
0:45of 23:31 · Oct 17
