So Hermes refusing to enter verification codes was never a mimo-2

2026-10-01 03:22

So Hermes refusing to enter verification codes was never a mimo-2.6 problem. It's a security restriction baked into the new Hermes build. Now every time I want Hermes to fill in a code, I have to drop into a shell, add the one-time code to the Hermes Vault, then remember to delete it afterwards. Nobody who shipped that design actually tried using it. Since v0.21.2 (2026.9.11), Hermes Agent hard-bans any password or verification code sent over chat. Including the ones I send myself. So every site that wants an email or SMS code at login just hangs on prompt_unavailable. No toggle in config to switch it off. The only workaround is patching locally to kill the Vault. Issue #120704 has been open since September and nobody has touched it. github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/120704

Gemini 4 Argon has to clear the US government's pre-release

review too. Google's own line: it's "actively engaged in the U.S. government's voluntary process for pre-release model access." For closed frontier models in the US, that review is the default now. GPT-6.1 Astra never even shipped over safety concerns. So is Gemini back at the front of the pack?

2026-10-01

Gemini 4 Argon is out.

Paper numbers look decent: $2/M in, $10/M out, output cap up from 64K to 1M tokens. It tops DeepSWE v1.1 at 77.9% (real-world software engineering) and LVBench at 91.7% (long video). Outright first on 18 evals, tied on 13. https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-4-argon/

2026-10-01

I stuffed an agent into an Android phone.

You've probably run into those short videos lately where an agent drives a phone around by itself. This one is called Mika, and it's a free open-source project. It's an Android app that works in the background through accessibility mode, so it can use pretty much any other app you have installed. Reply to someone on WeChat, scroll Xiaohongshu, drop something in a cart and check out. It finds the buttons by looking at the screen. There's no API to wire up, and it doesn't care what resolution your phone is. When it reaches a payment step or a captcha it stops and lets you finish. 🔗 github.com/wangzan101/Mika

2026-11-01

My product went profitable, and something in me broke.

Someone on Xiaohongshu posted a while back that she sells phone keyboard skins she made with Codex. Eight, ten yuan a pack. Over a thousand a month. I've been at mine for months. October: a few hundred copies, $1,200 gross. Platform fee 30%, tax 10%, so 60% should have landed. It came to just over a thousand dollars. I still don't know how the math pulled that off. I have an overseas bank account. Once lost $500 to a wire transfer off one. I'd still tell you to take payout through WorldFirst: less hassle, lower fees. You can also get a Hong Kong USD credit card tied to it that spends your WorldFirst balance directly. Digital card is free. Physical is $4. Mainland purchases under ¥200 skip the processing fee, and right now there's 1% cashback.

2026-11-01