Nous Research releases Hermes 4 reasoning-model weights

Nous Research released Hermes 4, initially including 70B and 405B models based on Llama 3.1. The public checkpoints combined reasoning and direct-response modes and retained Llama license terms.

Post-training a public model family

Nous Research applied additional training to Llama 3.1 foundations. The original Hermes 4 checkpoints offered hybrid reasoning behavior and downloadable weights under Llama terms. Later Hermes versions and sizes are separate releases. [1][2][3]

Sources

  1. Hermes 4 Technical Report

    Nous Research · Aug 25, 2025

  2. Hermes 4 — Llama-3.1 70B

    Nous Research · retrieved Oct 23, 2026

  3. Hermes 4 — Llama-3.1 405B

    Nous Research · retrieved Oct 23, 2026

  4. Nous Research drops Hermes 4 AI models that outperform ChatGPT without content restrictions

    VentureBeat · Aug 28, 2025