A "refusal-removed" version of Qwen3.8-27B can now run locally on Apple Silicon.

Even its creators warn that it can provide malware, fraud and weapons instructions on demand.

It was released as an MLX build in 2, 4, 6 and 8-bit versions. The uploader claims its 4/6/8-bit tests produced zero refusals while preserving vision, reasoning and tool-calling across a 262K-token context.

The Qwen 27B Model is a very capable model. This is the first time I've really seen the immediate dangers in a tangible way.

We need a societal discussion about this.