Teknium: latest Hermes model wasn't made by the agent team, built for demanding customers
Teknium · x · 2026-11-08
Teknium clarified in replies that the recent Hermes model was not built by the Hermes agent team — no one on that team worked on it — and that its direction came from "many many many customers demanding it," which he jokingly attributed to "sugar daddies." The exchange sheds light on why Nous Research shifted the model's direction.
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