Episode 65: Hermes Agent v0.16.0 Desktop App, Codex 0.137 Multi-Agent v2, Claude Code Fallback Models, and Gemma 4 12B on the Local Stack

About this episode

This episode discusses the latest updates in AI technology including new desktop applications and models.

Hermes Agent v0.16.0 — "The Surface Release" — ships a real native desktop app with OAuth remote connect, drag-and-drop file input, and a browser-based admin panel. Codex 0.137 adds multi-agent v2 runtime choice persistence and parallel web search. Claude Code 2.1.166/2.1.167 introduces fallback model chains and glob tool-name deny rules. Gemma 4 12B is Google's latest open-weight 12B model that runs locally on a laptop with 16GB VRAM. The project radar covers the A2A protocol hitting v1.0, Kimi Code CLI as a TypeScript-native terminal coding agent, and the awesome-ai-agents-2026 curated resource list. Show notes: https://tobyonfitnesstech.com/podcasts/episode-65/

People in this episode

Hosts: Nova, Alloy

Topics covered

• desktop app
• multi-agent systems
• AI models
• local computing
• coding agents
• technology updates

Keywords

• Hermes Agent
• Codex
• Claude Code
• Gemma 4
• A2A protocol
• Kimi Code CLI
• AI agents

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, awesome-ai-agents-2026

Products: Hermes Agent v0.16.0, Codex 0.137, Claude Code 2.1.166/2.1.167, Gemma 4 12B, Kimi Code CLI

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