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 A recording device was hidden in a toilet paper roll inside a top-secret OpenAI meeting room.
Memphis Vigils were held for five deaths resulting from an officer-involved car crash.
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More on the HubOpenAI employee arrested for planting a bug
An OpenAI employee was arrested for allegedly planting a recording device in a top-secret meeting room.
Anthropic warns small AI models could self-replicate
Anthropic issued a warning that small AI models might self-replicate through IoT devices, causing alarm.
AI improves weather forecasting accuracy and cost
New tools from Microsoft and Hugging Face use AI to improve weather forecasts and simulate extreme weather.
AI models easily tricked into making nudes
Researchers say OpenAI and Google are pushing new AI models that are easily tricked into making nudes.
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All 30 days- Epic says its new vibe-coded Epic Games Launcher is faster than SteamArs Technica
- Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kidsThe Verge
- The AI race is back onThe Verge
- Now that Character.AI is going bankrupt, what happens to all of its users’ data?The Verge
- Preparing for the 2026 US midtermsAnthropic
- Banks are now trying to offload the AI data center debt they just underwroteHacker News
- YouTube sticks new labels on AI-generated songsThe Verge
- Containment and monitoring failures are to blame for AI hacking reports: expertsHacker News
- Researchers use AI to design proteins that cut up other proteinsArs Technica
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.