{"podcast":{"title":"AI News Today | Julian Goldie Podcast","slug":"ai-news-today-julian-goldie-podcast-7573784","podcast_index_feed_id":7573784,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10b0edd94/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/julian-goldie9","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44704909/44704909-1761781825225-46220d4938e3.jpg","author":"Julian Goldie","episode_count":788,"summary":"Latest Podcast","last_synced_at":"2026-09-20T20:22:02.769621+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-news-today-julian-goldie-podcast-7573784"},"episode":{"title":"Hermes Agent V0.17 Just Changed AI Agents Forever!","slug":"hermes-agent-v0-17-just-changed-ai-agents-forever","published_at":"2026-06-21T03:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-news-today-julian-goldie-podcast-7573784/hermes-agent-v0-17-just-changed-ai-agents-forever","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-news-today-julian-goldie-podcast-7573784","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/julian-goldie9/episodes/Hermes-Agent-V0-17-Just-Changed-AI-Agents-Forever-e3l2do9","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10b0edd94/podcast/play/121763017/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-20%2F426521743-44100-2-6047615986b65.mp3","summary":"Hermes v0.17 “Reach” Explained: iMessage, Async Sub‑Agents, Image Editing, Blueprints & Agent ProfilesThe script walks through Hermes v0.17 (“Reach”) and how to update it via the dashboard or terminal, then explains the main changes: Hermes can now send/receive iMessages; it joins the Raft network via a bundled adapter; the desktop app adds native OS notifications and live sub-agent watch windows; and asynchronous sub-agents let a lead agent fan out tasks to multiple workers and return combined results. It also covers a new image editing skill (not just generation) across several providers, automation blueprints for scheduling tasks without understanding the underlying syntax, and adding Cursor’s Composer model via an X subscription. The update introduces a full profile builder for managing multiple agent profiles with custom skills and instructions, an overhauled skill browser, improved memory and messaging/UI upgrades, and loop engineering with a builder/judge cycle for automated quality control. 00:00 Hermes 0.17 Overview 00:20 How to Update Hermes 00:53 iMessage Reach Feature 01:22 Raft Network Gateway 01:52 Desktop App Improvements 02:31 Async Sub Agents Explained 04:10 Image Editing Skill 04:43 Automation Blueprints 06:41 New Models via X 07:22 Profile Builder Workflows 09:47 Skill Browser Overhaul 10:55 Memory and Small Updates 11:19 Loop Engineering Quality Control 12:59 Wrap Up and Community Plug","meta_description":"Hermes v0.17 “Reach” Explained: iMessage, Async Sub‑Agents, Image Editing, Blueprints & Agent ProfilesThe script walks through Hermes v0.17 (“Reach”)…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":903,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ai-news-today-julian-goldie-podcast-7573784/episodes/hermes-agent-v0-17-just-changed-ai-agents-forever/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-news-today-julian-goldie-podcast-7573784/hermes-agent-v0-17-just-changed-ai-agents-forever.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}