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What's new in Joshu: releases, demos, and the occasional opinion, newest first.
- Multiplayer: Joshus can now work as a teamThe latest Joshu release lets your Joshu connect to other Joshus, share knowledge you control, and nudge people when someone is waiting on them.
▶ Video - A private AI assistant has to be open sourceAfter Meta paused Muse sharing over leaked chats, a reminder that the only truly private and secure assistant is one whose code you can read.
- Joshu vs Muse vs Grok BotA side by side look at Joshu, Muse, and Grok Bot: all three are always on and connected, and only one of them keeps your data to itself.
- Joshu gets its own phone numberEvery paid Joshu now has a phone number and a Telephone app, secured with a pass phrase. Call Katy, a Joshu, at 1-802-215-2128 to try it.
▶ Video - Right click a folder to chat with its filesJoshu can turn any folder on its desktop into a download page, a public chat, or a Slack helper that answers questions from the files inside.
▶ Video - 150,000 views and the top post of the weekFive days after the Joshu setup post went up on r/hermesagent, it was the top post of the week with 150,000 views and people asking to help.
- 100,000 views on r/hermesagentThe Reddit post that first showed Joshu passed 100,000 views and 1,300 shares in the top open source agent subreddit.
- The top post on the Hermes subredditThe first public look at the Joshu setup became the number one post of the day on r/hermesagent.
- My daughter interviews me about JoshuA Father's Day interview with live demos of Joshu: calling it on the phone, time block planning, and browsing the web to get things done.
▶ Video - The Cognitive Lock-In: Why "Token Capital" Demands Open PortabilityIf your agentic systems are closed, you rent back your own knowledge. A case for Portable Soul, an open standard for exporting AI memory and skills.
