Competitive landscape shifts

Hermes overtakes OpenClaw on OpenRouter tokens (224B vs 186B). Google's Remy, Meta's Instagram agent, SAP blocking unauthorized agents. Comparisons with Claude Cowork, Hermes Agent, OpenFang, Cursor. Jensen Huang endorsement signals mainstream adoption. A new thorough comparison article (Hermes vs OpenClaw) reinforces the value of self-hosted agents and highlights Hermes as a viable alternative, framed around digital self-determination.