The leader of the PS5 Linux project has left development due to the use of LLM

Andy Nguyen, the lead developer of the PS5 Linux porting project, has announced his departure from the project, citing the widespread use of generative models by community members who, in his opinion, lack the necessary qualifications to work with low-level code. The conflict arose after third-party contributors using LLMs to write code discovered and publicly disclosed a vulnerability in the console's hypervisor, which was then reported directly to Sony, leading to the closure of the loophole in the firmware of new equipment revisions. Nguyen emphasized that such actions by "dilettantes" undermine progress in the field of reverse engineering and system security. The developer characterized the current situation in open-source as an influx of "vibe-coders" - users who rely on neural network prompts without understanding the principles of kernel architecture, leading to the appearance of low-quality patches and uncontrolled leakage of critical data that were previously used for research purposes and ensuring compatibility of third-party software. The incident illustrates the growing tension between experienced system programmers and new community members actively introducing AI tools into development processes, and the departure of a key specialist puts the further development of the project, which required in-depth knowledge of PlayStation 5 hardware, at risk.