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Run DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B Abliterated on iPhone, iPad & Mac

Uncensored DeepSeek R1 Distill 8B via refusal abliteration

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B Abliterated runs 100% private on iPhone, iPad & Mac inside Private LLM — no internet connection required, no data sent to any server.

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Model on Hugging Face

Specifications

Parameters
8B
Context window
131K tokens
Quantization
OmniQuant 4-bit
Family
DeepSeek R1 Distill

What DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B Abliterated is good at

The DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B Abliterated model is an 8 billion parameter language model with a 131,072-token context window, created by removing refusal mechanisms from the DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B base using a process called abliteration. It handles unrestricted prompts and will respond to sensitive or typically refused queries that its base model would reject. This is a proof-of-concept implementation and sometimes requires an example prompt to guide the response.

Which of your devices can run it

iPhone

iPhone 17 Pro MaxiPhone 17 ProiPhone AiriPhone 17iPhone 16 Pro / 16 Pro MaxiPhone 16 / 16 PlusiPhone 16eiPhone 15 Pro / 15 Pro Max

iPad

iPad Pro (M5, 16GB)iPad Pro (M5, 12GB)iPad Pro (M4, 16GB)iPad Pro (M4, 8GB)iPad Pro (M2, 16GB)iPad Pro (M2, 8GB)iPad Pro (M1, 16GB)iPad Pro (M1, 8GB)iPad Air (M4)iPad Air (M3)iPad Air (M2)iPad Air (M1)iPad mini (A17 Pro)

Mac

Mac (Apple Silicon, 192GB)MacBook Pro (M4 Max, 128GB)Mac Studio / Pro (Apple Silicon, 96GB)MacBook Pro (M4 Max, 64GB)MacBook Pro (M4 Max, 48GB)MacBook Pro (M4 Max, 36GB)Mac (Apple Silicon, 32GB)MacBook Air (M4, 24GB)MacBook Air (M-series, 16GB)

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How to run DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B Abliterated in Private LLM

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Frequently asked questions

  • Yes. DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B Abliterated runs on iPhone models with enough memory, such as iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone Air, iPhone 17, iPhone 16 Pro / 16 Pro Max, iPhone 16 / 16 Plus, iPhone 16e, iPhone 15 Pro / 15 Pro Max, fully on-device in Private LLM — no internet connection required.

  • Yes. DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B Abliterated runs on Macs with enough unified memory, such as Mac (Apple Silicon, 192GB), MacBook Pro (M4 Max, 128GB), Mac Studio / Pro (Apple Silicon, 96GB), MacBook Pro (M4 Max, 64GB), MacBook Pro (M4 Max, 48GB), MacBook Pro (M4 Max, 36GB), Mac (Apple Silicon, 32GB), MacBook Air (M4, 24GB), MacBook Air (M-series, 16GB), fully on-device in Private LLM.

  • Yes. Once downloaded in Private LLM, DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B Abliterated runs 100% on-device — no internet connection, and nothing is sent to any server.

  • Private LLM is a one-time purchase with no subscription and no per-message cost. The models themselves are open source — once downloaded, they run offline with nothing to pay per use.

Why run DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B Abliterated in Private LLM

Private LLM has run local AI on iPhone, iPad, and Mac since 2023, well before Apple Intelligence, LM Studio, Ollama, etc. existed. Inference happens on your device, so your DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B Abliterated conversations never reach a server. The part most apps gloss over is quantization, and that is exactly where on-device quality is won or lost. Most llama.cpp and MLX wrappers ship the same off-the-shelf 4-bit RTN weights. Private LLM ships GPTQ and OmniQuant quantization, tuned per model, and our 3-bit OmniQuant models match or beat those 4-bit RTN builds on the same Apple Silicon. Run the same model both ways and you feel it in the first reply. See how our quantization works.

Specifications and summary come from DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B Abliterated's Hugging Face model card. Private LLM ships its own quantized models, built with OmniQuant quantization tuned per model, and isn't affiliated with the model's authors.