Nous Research Co-founder on Open Source AI and Building Hermes

In a recent podcast, Nous Research co-founder Karan Malhotra discussed the philosophy behind building Hermes, the top-ranked personal agent on OpenRouter. He emphasized the necessity of open-source AI and shared insights on preventing data degradation while developing self-evolving AI agents.

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