George Hotz | |
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 Hotz in 2016 | |
| Born | George Francis Hotz October 2, 1989 Glen Rock, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Other names | geohot, tomcr00se |
| Notable work | Jailbreak, comma.ai, tinygrad |
| Website | Official website  |
George Francis Hotz (born October 2, 1989), alias geohot, is an American security hacker, entrepreneur,[1] and software engineer. He is known for developing iOS jailbreaks,[2][3] reverse engineering the PlayStation 3, and for the subsequent lawsuit brought against him by Sony. From September 2015 onwards, he has been working on his vehicle automation machine learning company comma.ai.[4] Since November 2022, Hotz has been working on tinygrad, a deep learning framework.
- ^ Souppouris, Aaron (December 23, 2013). "Legendary hacker Geohot busts rhymes instead of code". The Verge. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ Stone, Brad; Biggs, John (August 25, 2007). "With Software and Soldering, AT&T's Lock on iPhone Is Undone". The New York Times. p. C-1. Archived from the original on July 1, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
- ^ "Interview with 17-year-old iPhone hacker". CNBC. September 30, 2007. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
- ^ "The First Person to Hack the iPhone Built a Self-Driving Car. In His Garage". Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on December 17, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2015.