# Minimax M3 + Hermes Agent is Insane (FREE!)

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Podcast: [AI News Today | Julian Goldie Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-news-today-julian-goldie-podcast-7573784)
Published: 2026-06-03T00:17:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/julian-goldie9/episodes/Minimax-M3--Hermes-Agent-is-Insane-FREE-e3k8he8
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## Resource

MiniMax M3 + Hermes Agent: Free 12-Hour AI Worker on Your Computer (Setup + Live Tests)The video introduces MiniMax M3, a new agentic and coding model from China, and shows how to connect it to Hermes Agent to create a free AI worker that can run autonomously for up to 12 hours, controlling apps, searching the web, scheduling tasks, and sending reports. It walks through setup using Hermes Agent with Ollama running in the background and selecting MiniMax M3, then demonstrates live agent tasks like opening ChatGPT in a browser and creating a note in the local Notes app. It notes potential speed limits when using Ollama’s cloud model and suggests using MiniMax’s coding plan for faster performance via OAuth. The video also previews a cloud-hosted Hermes option (Max Hermes) powered by M3 and explains the “brain (M3) + body (Hermes)” pairing, pricing, benchmarks, and agentic capabilities. 00:00 Minimax M3 Launch 00:36 Benchmarks and Setup 01:09 Install Hermes and Ollama 01:21 Connect Model in Terminal 02:12 Live Agent Task Demos 02:52 Speed Tips and Plans 03:21 Max Hermes Cloud Option 04:15 Brain vs Body Explained 05:33 Performance and Open Weights 06:04 Wrap Up and Resources 06:41 Community and Full Guide 07:27 Final Thanks

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