American security hacker, software engineer, and entrepreneur George Hotz, also known as Geohot, first gained fame with a YouTube video in 2007, stating he had hacked the iPhone. Lauded for his creativity by iPhone co-founder Steve Wozniak, Hotz continued creating jailbreaks for newer iPhone models. He later got into legal trouble after hacking into the PlayStation 3 (PS3) video game system, though Sony ended the matter with an out-of-court settlement. In 2015, Hotz launched his AI company, Comma.ai, which works on vehicle automation technology. When he was approached by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who wished to hire him for his company, he rejected the offer. In late 2022, when Musk took over as Twitter’s CEO and announced high-intensity work mode, Hotz appreciated his attitude through a tweet. Hotz was soon hired by Musk for a 12-week internship to work on Twitter’s broken search engine feature. Hotz has won countless science contests and also makes music as tomcr00se.
