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

A modder known as "pepsipu" (Sammy Hajhamid) has apparently jailbroken the Nintendo Switch 2, demonstrating the console running a custom version of Mario Kart World with added playable characters including Cinnamoroll, the red Angry Bird, Peter Griffin and Steve from Minecraft. According to Hajhamid, OpenAI's Codex helped create the jailbreak, published as "ns2jb" on GitLab. The work matters because it is an early claimed break of the Switch 2's protections, achieved with an older game and an AI coding tool.

Someone hacked the Switch 2 by using an old game and AI By Jay PetersSource: The Verge AI https://www.theverge.com 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 . OpenAI https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/openai 's Codex helped make this " ns2jb https://gitlab.com/pepsipu/ns2jb " jailbreak https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/jailbreak , according to Sammy Hajhamid https://pepsipu.com/blog/2026-10-switch2-jailbreak-ns2jb/ , aka "pe … Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.