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 Jensen Huang is dealing with rumors about his personal life while an OpenAI board member warns that a full AI takeover could happen within months.
Memphis A fire is burning in downtown Memphis and a tanker has collided with a riverboat near New Orleans carrying nearly 150 people.
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Today's big stories
More on the HubJensen Huang steps down from NVIDIA after 33 years
Jensen Huang resigned as NVIDIA leader; coverage discussed stakes, fallout, and personal matters across multiple outlets.
Growing alarm over AI safety and societal trust
Multiple reports highlighted worries about AI takeover risks, erosion of writer-reader trust, and efforts to build better safety evaluations.
Google unveils Gemini 4 with improved reasoning
News covered Google's new Gemini 4 Hydrogen model, a tool update for working with it, and improvements in handling complex questions.
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All 30 days- FAA expands AI advice to manage air traffic congestion across entire US airspaceArs Technica
- ChatGPT Wallet lets OpenAI’s Dots agents make purchases for youThe Verge
- No AI Slop: A ManifestoHacker News
- Build a Robot Pick-and-Place Simulation with SimReady AssetsHugging Face
- AI unlocks Gödel's notebooks, said to contain hundreds of proved theoremsHacker News
- OpenAI board member worries an AI "takeover" of society could be months awayArs Technica
- XYBench: Helping with the problem behind the questionHugging Face
- Why is Google cutting off Search from AI-free schools? Here are some theoriesHacker News
- Introducing ChatGPT WalletOpenAI
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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.