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More and more people are switching to setups at home. Let us handle the inference part for you (bring your own hardware)
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Listen up, puddin'.
@ComfyUI @actualinc @NousResearch @MiniMax_AI @Alibaba_Qwen
FastH3 OmniRef
Qwen3-VL 32B text encoder
MiniMax H3 video VAE
MiniMax H3 audio VAE
ByteDance SeedVR2
Fish Audio Drama 3
Whisper (en. subtitles)
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here is a map of the Hermes Agent videos worth watching, sorted by what you want to do with it:
(1) start here
(2) running a business on it
(3) real setups and use cases
(4) skills
(5) teams of agents: Kanban, Bot Mode, cron
(6) by job: marketing, sales, support, research
see thread below
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Jensen closed his GTC Berlin 2026 keynote with this Hermes Agent demo as the finale.
He introduced it by saying the way to build an agent is to ask an agent to build it for you, so he installed and set up a customized Hermes in one prompt.
Then he used Hermes, running on @nvidia RTX Spark, to create a simulated training environment for the @huggingface Microduck. Hermes planned an obstacle course with Nemotron and had GPT-6 Astra build it using FreeCAD, Omniverse libraries, Blender, Newton, and Isaac Lab. Hermes trained thousands of simulated ducks on that course until the validated policy was ready to run on the real robot in the physical world.
At Nous, we believe open source is a practical tool as much as a philosophical ideal. It gives users the ability to build powerful, complex workflows chaining numerous local+cloud models, devices, and tools themselves instead of waiting for a company to enable them.
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claude duet refusing my prompt
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We are pleased to announce our counter-proposal for an additional $2-14 billion in funding for a Florida Penalty Train with Vibecamp Access Extension is in review with the @MTA
The MTA is proposing a new 125 Street Subway, which would extend west from the future 125 St/Lexington Av Q station. The project would connect existing subway lines—including the Second Avenue Subway—and bus routes along the corridor.
Learn more about this project at a public scoping meeting; we're hosting two virtual sessions on October 22, and one in-person session on October 27. Register for a session and get all the details: mta.info/project/125-street-…
ALT Map of proposed 125 Street Subway. The map includes streets, landmarks, and color-coded subway lines.
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Deepseek has been uncensored, enjoy.
mxfp4, nvfp4, exl 2.875 bpw, and exl 3.5 bpw versions of the new deepseek checkpoint are out now, fully uncensored! jailbreak bench, inference perf, quality measurements are all in the links comparing each version to each other. so you should only need to click on one to decide from the charts ive added. im personally using the mxfp4 version on my local 4x rtx pro 6k rig. enjoy :)
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Get even higher TPS for your station with @actualinc
The highest throughput engine for the dgx station
dario begged me in dms to not do agent swarms at home but whatever, this is nemotron 120B A12B running 64 concurrents at a bit over 100 tok/sec each for an aggregate of almost 7K tok/sec on a single GB300 (Asus DGX Station)
believe it or not, the agents did NOT magically just start hacking the planet tho. weird.
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Actual Computer turns your NVIDIA DGX Station into a department-scale AI factory.
Read the full case study:
actual.inc/company/blog/case…
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There is a huge innovation for filmmakers.
VN Studio @buildwithVN has just been launched by @nelsonchu_ and @varien.
VN Studio is the first AI production platform built around the responsible use of IP and human authorship.
You can develop characters, wardrobe, and environments; compose scenes and shots; generate and compare video takes; work through post-production; and prepare a scanned final.
It has an AI Producer, which works with the context of your project, helping develop ideas, organize production, and carry out supported actions within defined spending controls.
If you are interested in this, definitely check out their website here: vn.ai
🤝 Paid partnership
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Just in: VN Studio is now live, pitched as the first AI production platform built around human authorship as well as creative control.
It connects character development, shot planning, takes and post-production in one workspace, with an AI Producer working inside spending controls.
Where it stands out is Bridge, which logs human edits in a hash-chained ledger, and where it's careful is the fine print: copyright eligibility still depends on your contribution and the law.
Production tools are also exposed through MCP for compatible agents.
Big day for AI filmmakers who want to own their work.
🤝 Paid partnership
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There’s been so much talk about AI stealing people’s work and ending creativity.
Anyone who’s made a video knows the one-shot is only a starting point. The real work happens in post.
Introducing VN Studio, AI filmmaking with human authorship tracking built in, so you can copyright what you create.
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Actual Computer turns your NVIDIA DGX Station into a department-scale AI factory.
Read the full case study:
actual.inc/company/blog/case…