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Nous Research, a secretive artificial intelligence startup that has emerged as a leading voice in the open-source AI movement, quietly released Hermes 4 on Monday, a family of large language models that the company claims can match the performance of leading proprietary systems while offering unprecedented user control and minimal content restrictions.
The release represents a significant escalation in the battle between open-source AI advocates and major technology companies over who should control access to advanced artificial intelligence capabilities. Unlike models from OpenAI, Google, or Anthropic, Hermes 4 is designed to respond to nearly any request without the safety guardrails that have become standard in commercial AI systems.
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Nous Research presents Hermes 4, our latest line of hybrid reasoning models.https://t.co/E5EW9hBurb
