AI blamed for surge in PS5 jailbreaks: PS2 games, Relapse exploit and Claude Opus 5.5 ports

PS5 jailbreaks are arriving at a furious pace in 2026, with the PS5SX2 app letting modded consoles run PS2 games and the Relapse exploit chain covering firmware 7.00 through 13.60. The speed-up is being linked to AI coding assistants such as Claude Opus 5.5 that automate decompilation and exploit hunting.

• PS5SX2 lets jailbroken PS5s play PS2 games, with update 2.00 adding frame generation
• Relapse exploit works on PS5 firmware 7.00 through 13.60, but not on 14.00 released Sept. 16
• Hundreds of AI-decompiled ports and emulators appeared in weeks using Claude Opus 5.5
• Jailbreaking a console in the U.S. violates the DMCA, which has no exemption for consoles