A Jailbroken PlayStation 5 Is Now Running a 27 Billion Parameter AI Model
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A console doesn't have to be solely for gaming. One developer has demonstrated that, with the right modifications, the PlayStation 5 can be used for other purposes. The experiment was initiated by Reddit user "AdIllustrious7246," who expanded on Mert Cobanov's PS5LM project. The initial version utilized the CPU and only had access to about 6 GB of memory, which severely limited the ability to run larger […] The article, "Will PlayStation 5 becom…
A jailbroken PS5 console was transformed into a server running 27D AI models thanks to optimized software. Here are the technical details and performance results.
A Jailbroken PS5 Got Turned Into a Local AI Server That Can Run A 27B LLM, Smaller Models Can Reach Impressive Speeds Of 124 Tok/s, But There Are Limitations
The PS5’s 16GB GDDR6 memory pool and 448GB/s bandwidth are decent specifications for running a local AI model, and it appears that someone has actually attempted this daring experiment, albeit with a bunch of compromises. With the trick being to move the work from the CPU to the GPU, one user managed to free up ample memory and successfully ran Qwen3.8-27B, a 27-billion-parameter LLM. The project titled “PS5LM” leveraged the CPU as a payload but…
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