Hermes sets itself up and can stay local
Hermes can set itself up with no key and run on your computer, and Gemini adds a Task button.
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Hermes Agent
Hermes opens a setup chat and can stay local
The October 13 release says a new desktop install opens a setup chat on a free trial, with no key, and Hermes can run models on your computer with nothing leaving it. Skip setup ends the chat, and local models start in Settings under Providers, then Local Models.
Source: Hermes Agent on GitHub
The Hermes Store app could stick on Connecting
The October 15 release says an earlier build was the wrong one, and the Microsoft Store app could stick on Connecting, so update through the Store. Sessions from that bad build cannot be deleted in this release.
Source: Hermes Agent on GitHub
Gemini
Gemini puts a Task button on the phone home screen
One outside report on October 14 says Gemini Spark is a Task button on the phone app's home screen, and chats and tasks share one list. The report says this is live on iOS and Android, and the report has not seen it on the web.
Source: Android Authority
Genspark
Genspark can answer inside chats you already use
Genspark's help page, updated October 14, says you can message it in iMessage, WhatsApp, LINE, Telegram, or Slack and get the result in that same chat. The page says iMessage and WhatsApp are in the rollout, and an account that does not see them is not in it yet.
Source: Genspark
OpenClaw
An OpenClaw cleanup keeps saved sign-ins
The 2026.10.3 notes say one cleanup no longer throws away saved sign-ins when an older sign-in file cannot be read. Sign-ins that were already removed are not put back.
Source: OpenClaw
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Codex
An older model leaves Codex for ChatGPT sign-in
On October 14, the ChatGPT changelog says one model retires from Codex for people signed in with ChatGPT. Sessions that sign in with a key are not affected, and anything still set to that model needs a replacement.
Source: OpenAI
News from October 13 through October 15 on AI helpers that work for you and on tools for building with AI. Everything else was left out. This issue ran on October 15, 2026.
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