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 Meta faces backlash over scapegoating staff, changing terms, and pausing Muse sharing after researchers found AI chats.
Memphis A fatal cattle truck crash, a gas station attempted murder accusation, and a Raleigh apartment shooting weigh on the mood.
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Today's big stories
More on the HubAnthropic and OpenAI corporate and research news
Anthropic discussed the singularity and OpenAI acquired a company.
Meta privacy backlash and user data exposure
Meta changed terms, paused sharing, and faced exposure of user secrets.
Hugging Face model and system releases
New tools and models released for local systems and tasks.
Grouped by a free AI model from the last 24 hours of the Wire.
The Wire
All 30 days- Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlashArs Technica
- Gemini's Personal Intelligence is coming to carsArs Technica
- Battle Drones - a vibe coded RTS with audio-based multiplayerSimon Willison
- Ukraine’s drone rescue of wounded soldier puts much touted idea into practiceArs Technica
- NVIDIA Cosmos3-H-Dreams: Bringing Clinical Surgery to Life Through Generative SimulationHugging Face
- Meta pauses Muse sharing after researchers find AI chats on the webThe Verge
- Meta tries to scapegoat staff who downloaded torrents to spare execsArs Technica
- FairStress: A deeper evaluation of fairness in LLM decision-makingHugging Face
- Called to serve: Tech, research, and positive impactMicrosoft 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.