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In this engaging discussion, Karan from Nous Research, Ethan Sun of MyShell, and Justin Bennington of Somewhere Systems dive into the fascinating world of AI agents and their impact on Web3. They explore the explosive growth of AI agents on social media and how decentralized tokenization fosters community engagement. The guests also tackle the ethical challenges in AI, emphasize the importance of creator frameworks, and discuss the dynamic landscape towards AGI. Listen in for insights on building trust and the potential transformation in advertising through AI agents!

Nous Research has been pumping out some of the best open access LLMs using SOTA data synthesis techniques. Their Hermes family of models is incredibly popular! In this episode, Karan from Nous talks about the origins of Nous as a distributed collective of LLM researchers. We also get into fine-tuning strategies and why data synthesis works so well. Join the discussionChangelog++ members save 2 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Read Write Own – Read, Write, Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet—a new book from entrepreneur and investor Chris Dixon—explores one possible solution to the internet’s authenticity problem: Blockchains. From AI that tracks its source material to generative programs that compensate—rather than cannibalize—creators. It’s a call to action for a more open, transparent, and democratic internet. One that opens the black box of AI, tracks the origins we see online, and much more. Order your copy of Read, Write, Own today at readwriteown.com Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps and databases close to your users. In minutes you can run your Ruby, Go, Node, Deno, Python, or Elixir app (and databases!) all over the world. No ops required. Learn more at fly.io/changelog and check out the speedrun in their docs. Featuring:Karan Malhotra – LinkedInChris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XDaniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes: Nous on Hugging Face Nous Research Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!