About this episode

The episode discusses the advancements in open-source AI models and updates from the Morpheus ecosystem.

Zion, hear me! For Season 2 of the Mere Morpheus podcast I'm going to be uploading the Morpheus builder weekly updates. My reason for doing this is to make it more accessible for those who want an update directly via their podcast app and to have them all in one place. If you'd like to participate they are held weekly on the @MorpheusAIs Twitter spaces. So enjoy Episode #74! Recorded: 23 May 2026  AI SUMMARY: The episode covers the open-source model landscape, highlighting Atomics' Tetris-bot experiment where QUEN 3.7 outperformed Opus 4.7 and GPT‑5.5 on both performance and cost. This signals growing parity between open and closed models for coding and agent workflows. It then details Morpheus ecosystem updates including new API Gateway endpoints for usage visibility agent-first documentation on the router and TEE-powered privacy and network model consumption trends. The discussion touches on Hermes' surge with agents the rising theme of "productive compute" via staking and how Venice's growth raises awareness for both centralised and decentralised options. Upcoming Brainpower and Built on Morpheus episodes are teased along with the community resource stakemor.com for…

People in this episode

Host: Kyrin Down

Topics covered

• open-source models
• AI performance
• Morpheus updates
• coding workflows
• staking
• community resources

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MorpheusAIs, Morpheus, Hermes, Venice

Products: QUEN 3.7, Opus 4.7, GPT‑5.5

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