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 Websites are closing their doors to AI agents, limiting access and raising concerns about integration.
Memphis A family theft, a coaster shutdown, and a fatal ambush are pulling down the local mood.
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More on the HubWebsites blocking AI agents in growing number
Multiple reports indicate websites are starting to close their doors to automated AI agents accessing their content.
Grouped by a free AI model from the last 24 hours of the Wire.
The Wire
All 30 days- Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sitesThe Verge
- Websites are closing their doors to AI agentsThe Verge
- Show HN: Llmspeed – feel how fast a local LLM runs before you buy the hardwareHacker News
- Quoting Addy Osmani, Morgan Westlee Lunt, and Qing WangSimon Willison
- OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websitesArs Technica
- “thegentlemanpervert” producing AI CSAM is a NJ prosecutor, say copsArs Technica
- How Itaú is building generative AI for its entire customer baseOpenAI
- Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed VirusesMIT Tech Review
- Designing more efficient quantum circuits with ClaudeAnthropic Research
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.