Someone hacked the Switch 2 by using an old game and AI
The Verge Jay Peters
Someone jailbroke the Switch 2 and ran a hacked Mario Kart World with weird new characters. OpenAI’s Codex helped make the exploit, which is the oddest part.
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The Nintendo Switch 2 has apparently been jailbroken, and the proof came with a stunt: a custom version of Mario Kart World loaded up with new playable characters like Cinnamoroll, the red Angry Bird, Peter Griffin, and Steve from Minecraft.
The modder behind it, Sammy Hajhamid, posted a video showing the hacked game in action and said the jailbreak, called “ns2jb,” was built with help from OpenAI’s Codex. That’s the detail that gives the whole thing its bite. Not just that the console has already been cracked, but that an AI coding tool was part of making it happen.
The post also showed a few more characters pushed into the game, including Hatsune Miku. So the Switch 2 scene has already moved from theory to modder theater, with one person turning a Nintendo exclusive into a proof-of-concept playground.
Nintendo has not exactly been given a calm first look at its new hardware. A console jailbreak is one thing. Doing it this quickly, and then using it to stuff Mario Kart with internet mascots, is another.
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
This is the part where the AI hype crowd pretends this is inevitable progress, while everyone else notices it mostly helped break a game console faster. OpenAI’s Codex showing up in a jailbreak story is a neat reminder that “productivity” and “misuse” often share the same toolbar. People still keep acting surprised by that.
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