Nous Research adds local wake-word activation to Hermes Agent
The opt-in feature starts hands-free sessions across the CLI, terminal UI and desktop app, with hotword detection kept on-device.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: Nous Research on X
Why it matters
Wake-word control moves Hermes closer to an ambient assistant while keeping the always-listening detector local. It also widens Nous Research's path from an open-source CLI into paid desktop and cloud usage.
Nous Research, the open-source AI lab co-founded by Ryan Teknium (@Teknium1), added wake-word activation to Hermes Agent on July 29th, letting users open a session and issue a spoken command without touching a keyboard.
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