TechniqueRLHF / Alignment3 recent entries9 Apr 2026Hermes will soon be a serious creative tool. More on this soon!Nous Research's Hermes model line has been deliberately developed with a strong emphasis on creative capability. The training dataset for Hermes 4 expanded to 50x more data tokens than Hermes 3, w...→7 May 2026a good grid system is keyA good grid system is foundational to effective design and layout work, providing structure and alignment for visual elements. This Nous Research post likely discusses how grid systems improve consist→
TechniqueRAG1 recent entries12 Apr 2026One of my Hermes agents is in love with the Hermes ecosystem What started as a research task turned into full-blown community project It spe…One of my Hermes agents is in love with the Hermes ecosystem What started as a research task turned into full-blown community project It spent the week mapping every tool, skill, and integration built
TechniqueAgents8 recent entries4 Aug 2026Qwen 3.8-Max, the latest model from @Alibaba_Qwen, is now available in Hermes Agent at 20% off. > hermes updateQwen 3.8-Max, the latest model from @Alibaba_Qwen, is now available in Hermes Agent at 20% off. > hermes update 📢Meet Qwen3.8-Max — our most capable model to date. Next week, the open weights of Qwen3→4 Aug 2026All models are currently 20% discounted in Portal, other than GPT-5.6 Terra and Luna which 50% off and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 which is 90% o…All models in the Portal are discounted by 20 %, except GPT‑5.6 Terra and Luna (50 % off) and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (90 % off). The latest Alibaba Qwen release, Qwen3.8‑Max, is now available for Herm→6 Aug 2026Actual is a local inference stack optimized to let you utilize your personal compute. With its low CPU impact while inferencing and multi-pl…Actual is a local inference stack optimized to let you utilize your personal compute. With its low CPU impact while inferencing and multi-platform portability, it’s a great pair for your local Hermes →7 Aug 2026The backgrounds were generated with MiniMax M3. Everything else, including the full game design, was done with DeepSeek Flash. Most importan…The backgrounds were generated with MiniMax M3. Everything else, including the full game design, was done with DeepSeek Flash. Most importantly, all of this was done inside Hermes Agent. You won't bel→7 Aug 2026Hermes Agent now supports all the portable plugins standard that many other major AI players have adopted. Currently these portable plugins …Hermes Agent now supports all the portable plugins standard that many other major AI players have adopted. Currently these portable plugins only support MCPs and Skills, use native Hermes plugins to a→8 Aug 2026HUD mode Hermes stops being a window you switch to and becomes a layer over the app you're both working in. Or keep it around as a little bu…HUD mode Hermes stops being a window you switch to and becomes a layer over the app you're both working in. Or keep it around as a little buddy agent. Ask it random things, drag it anywhere, it's your→10 Aug 2026🎉 Introducing Hermes in ANY app Your personal agent automating work, controlling software, or running tasks with generative UI, human-in-th…🎉 Introducing Hermes in ANY app Your personal agent automating work, controlling software, or running tasks with generative UI, human-in-the-loop and more. Use Hermes anywhere over AG-UI: → React & Re→11 Aug 2026Other active promotions: - Free models: Solar Pro 4 (1 week), Hy3, Step 3.7 Flash, Laguna S and XS - 90% off DeepSeek V4 Flash for ~2 more d…Nous Research has extended its 20 % discount on all models—including high‑end frontier options—throughout the Nous Portal for an additional two weeks (until the end of April). Free model trials such a
TechniqueFine-tuning8 recent entries14 Apr 2026Join us in 15 minutes for the Hermes Agent Jam! http://discord.gg/nousresearchNous Research announced an upcoming 'Hermes Agent Jam' event scheduled to begin in 15 minutes from the time of posting, inviting followers to join via their Discord server at discord.gg/nousresearch. →14 Apr 2026https://x.com/nousresearch/status/2043969403247616478?s=46Nous Research shared an announcement or update on their X (formerly Twitter) account, likely relating to their ongoing work in AI model development, fine-tuning, or research releases. Nous Research is→14 Apr 2026- Hermes TrismegistusHermes Trismegistus is likely a language model released by Nous Research, continuing their Hermes series of fine-tuned models known for instruction-following, reasoning, and agentic capabilities. The →14 Apr 2026Creative Direct with HermesNous Research shared a post on X (formerly Twitter) discussing 'Creative Direct with Hermes,' likely showcasing the creative writing or instruction-following capabilities of their Hermes language mode→15 Apr 2026Hermes is so fucking good, everything is smooth, work grreat, fast, learning and wow, cheatedNous Research's Hermes is a series of fine-tuned large language models known for strong instruction-following, reasoning, and conversational capabilities. The post appears to be enthusiastic user feed→16 Apr 2026https://x.com/NousResearch/status/2044584517218844775Nous Research shared an update or announcement on their official X (Twitter) account, likely relating to their ongoing work in AI model development, fine-tuning, or research releases. Nous Research is→19 May 2026Running the same CNA search on base models (before instruction tuning) yields a structurally similar set of neurons, but ablating them produ…Running the same CNA search on base models (before instruction tuning) yields a structurally similar set of neurons, but ablating them produces almost no behavioral change. We read this as evidence th→31 Jul 2026May have found the highest and best use case of Flux 3 - generating GPU ASMR ✨ For everyone who has been asking for access, it’s available N…Justine Moore announced on July 31, 2026 that Flux 3’s latest iteration excels at generating GPU‑based ASMR content. She confirmed that this capability is now available in an early preview on the Nous
TechniqueMultimodal8 recent entries14 Apr 2026Everyone I know is switching over to hermes agent, in large part because it actually works with smaller open source models.Nous Research's Hermes agent framework has been gaining significant adoption due to its compatibility and effectiveness with smaller open-source language models, making it accessible beyond large prop→15 Apr 2026Cutting edge of digital art with Hermes AgentNous Research's Hermes Agent demonstrates advanced capabilities in generating digital art, showcasing how AI agents can autonomously create or assist in producing visual artwork at a sophisticated lev→15 May 2026Not only chat Generate images, search x, image to video All with just normal grok subscription!Grok, through a standard subscription, now offers multiple AI capabilities beyond text chat, including image generation, web search via X, and image-to-video conversion. This represents an expansion o→29 May 2026Our users love @StepFun_ai models and this new release packs a punch at a small size. Looking forward to seeing how well it works with Herme…Our users love @StepFun_ai models and this new release packs a punch at a small size. Looking forward to seeing how well it works with Hermes Agent! ⚡️ Step 3.7 Flash is here: The new frontier is agen→30 May 2026Step 3.7 Flash is now free for 30 days via Nous Portal It is a new MoE vision-language model focused on agent efficiency, coding, search, an…Step 3.7 Flash is now free for 30 days via Nous Portal It is a new MoE vision-language model focused on agent efficiency, coding, search, and multimodal workflows — and Hermes Agent users have been lo→30 May 2026Step 3.7 Flash, free for 30 days for Hermes Agent users. What could possibly go wrong? 🍿 Thanks @NousResearch for making it happen. Can’t w…Step 3.7 Flash, free for 30 days for Hermes Agent users. What could possibly go wrong? 🍿 Thanks @NousResearch for making it happen. Can’t wait to see what Hermes users build! Step 3.7 Flash is now fre→30 Jun 2026More time to build with Step 3.7 Flash: in partnership with @StepFun_ai, we’re extending the free usage period in Nous Portal by an addition…More time to build with Step 3.7 Flash: in partnership with @StepFun_ai, we’re extending the free usage period in Nous Portal by an additional 15 days! Media Step 3.7 Flash is now free for 30 days via→23 Jul 2026Ling-3.0-flash, the new MoE model from @AntLingAGI, is now free in Nous Portal for the next week! At 124B parameters and 5.1B active, it's q…Ling-3.0-flash, the new MoE model from @AntLingAGI, is now free in Nous Portal for the next week! At 124B parameters and 5.1B active, it's quick to run and built for agent workloads: coding, search, r
TechniqueSafety7 recent entries10 Apr 2026Happy to say, we have hit 50 thousand stars on the Hermes Agent repo. Like every day, thank you all who have helped build this crazy project…The NousResearch Hermes Agent open-source repository (github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent) surpassed 50,000 GitHub stars, a milestone celebrated by Nous Research co-founder Teknium. Hermes Agent ...→15 Apr 2026Just a Hermes Agent, a skill, and a dreamJust a Hermes Agent, a skill, and a dream The crazy part? This was done (nearly) fully autonomously! Only 8 prompts from the human in the loop. Just a Hermes agent, a skill, and a dream. 🐉 I told my A→4 May 2026Even our toughest critics come around eventuallyNous Research likely discusses how their AI models or research have gained acceptance even among skeptical observers, suggesting that rigorous development and demonstrated capabilities eventually conv→19 May 2026What we find most useful about CNA is that the intervention is simple yet powerful. The steering is a multiplicative ablation on a sparse se…What we find most useful about CNA is that the intervention is simple yet powerful. The steering is a multiplicative ablation on a sparse set of MLP neurons, which makes CNA a clean addition on top of→19 May 2026Running the same CNA search on base models (before instruction tuning) yields a structurally similar set of neurons, but ablating them produ…Running the same CNA search on base models (before instruction tuning) yields a structurally similar set of neurons, but ablating them produces almost no behavioral change. We read this as evidence th→21 May 2026Subword boundaries are the second meaningful effect. Adding end-of-subword markers as input embeddings produces a large gain throughout trai…Subword boundaries are the second meaningful effect. Adding end-of-subword markers as input embeddings produces a large gain throughout training (H3): end-boundaries leak future bytes (whitespace alwa→10 Jun 2026Why are AI research restrictions treated differently from every other safeguard? @theemozilla and @karan4d, co-founders of Nous Research: 'O…Why are AI research restrictions treated differently from every other safeguard? @theemozilla and @karan4d, co-founders of Nous Research: 'On the bio stuff... just saying no to the user and being hone