JD Desmarais
Director of Pre-Sales, ProTech Services Group · Memphis
Twenty-four years in infrastructure. I run AI models on hardware I own, I like teaching people to use them, and I think AI is a tool, not a companion.
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AI news Nothing alarming in today's headlines so far.
Memphis An officer injury, a school bus crash, and a fatal gas station shooting are all pulling down the mood.
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Today's big stories
More on the HubNvidia Investigates Jensen Huang Alleged Chinese Spy Connection
Nvidia is investigating Jensen Huang's relationship with an alleged Chinese spy, with Huang admitting to an affair amid claims.
Jonathan Kanter Uses AI To Challenge Big Tech
Jonathan Kanter is using artificial intelligence tools to take on major technology companies in various legal or competitive contexts.
Apple Races To Make Siri More Agentic
Apple is working to make its Siri assistant more agentic, allowing it to perform tasks with greater autonomy.
Elvis And Eminem Rights Holders Sue Suno
Rights holders for Elvis Presley and Eminem are suing the AI music company Suno over their content.
Grouped by a free AI model from the last 24 hours of the Wire.
The Wire
All 30 days- Trump’s 60 Minutes interview touched on AI safety, threat to arrest an AI execThe Verge
- Disney and Adobe are building generative AI tools togetherThe Verge
- Hold up — I had a great time talking to the RIAA guyThe Verge
- Nvidia CEO's affair becomes a national security problemArs Technica
- Nemotron-Personas-Finance-Japan: A Synthetic Dataset Capturing Japan's Demographics and Financial ContextHugging Face
- Jonathan Kanter is using AI to take on Big TechThe Verge
- Innovating with AI in the special chemicals industryMIT Tech Review
- Your Experts Have Partners. There's HOPE for Keeping Them TogetherHugging Face
- The Web Is More Than Enough, by Paul FordSimon Willison
Who's driving
I've worked in IT since 2002: network manager at Bellevue Baptist, systems engineer at ProTech Systems Group, datacenter and capacity planning at FedEx, and now pre-sales at ProTech Services Group. I run Qwen models on a Mac with MLX and LM Studio, and an NVIDIA Jetson Orin for edge projects. My wife Amanda and I have taught students at Bellevue Baptist for more than ten years.
Why dice81. Dice was my white 1988 Volkswagen Cabriolet on black tires. 81 is the year I was born. The gauges up top are a nod to its dash.