Nous Research's Open-Source Hermes Agent Makes TIME's Best Inventions of 2026
NousResearch · x · 2026-10-16
TIME named Nous Research's Hermes Agent to its Best Inventions of 2026 list, calling it "an infinitely modifiable agent that grows with you." Per TIME, the open-source autonomous desktop agent runs on any local or cloud model so sensitive data can stay on-device, lets users restyle the UI, build custom dashboards and write their own skills, and can run terminal commands, edit files, and schedule recurring work—accumulating skills as it goes.
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