Teknium says he quit post-training work, now builds Hermes agent
arthurcolle · x · 2026-11-07
Replying to a question about why SFT instead of DPO, Teknium (@Teknium, Nous Research) reveals he no longer does post-training — @dmayhem93 now leads that work, while he focuses on building the Hermes agent.
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