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Someone hacked the Switch 2 by using an old game and AI

Someone hacked the Switch 2 by using an old game and AI
The Verge Thursday 22 October 2026, 17:21 UTC By Jay Peters 1 min read
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The Nintendo Switch 2 has apparently been jailbroken, and a modder has already shown the console running a custom version of Mario Kart World featuring new playable characters like Cinnamoroll, the red Angry Bird, Peter Griffin, and Steve from Minecraft. i jailbroke the nintendo switch 2so i modded cinnamoroll, peter griffin, hatsune miku, and more into Mario Kart World, a switch 2 exclusivenow watch my friends and i get cooked by botslearn more and get the exploit https://t.co/ykjgyfrFRp...

The Nintendo Switch 2 has apparently been jailbroken, and a modder has already shown the console running a custom version of Mario Kart World featuring new playable characters like Cinnamoroll, the red Angry Bird, Peter Griffin, and Steve from Minecraft.

i jailbroke the nintendo switch 2

so i modded cinnamoroll, peter griffin, hatsune miku, and more into Mario Kart World, a switch 2 exclusive

now watch my friends and i get cooked by bots

learn more and get the exploit https://t.co/ykjgyfrFRp pic.twitter.com/BOcFhejRz1

- pepsipu (@pepsipu) October 22, 2026

OpenAI's Codex helped make this "ns2jb" jailbreak, according to Sammy Hajhamid, aka "pe …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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AI (ORG) Mario Kart World (PERSON) Cinnamoroll (PERSON) Peter Griffin (PERSON) Steve (PERSON) Minecraft (ORG) hatsune miku (PERSON) Sammy Hajhamid (PERSON)
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