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 Mood is down because Silicon Valley is falling in line with Trump’s attempt to rename AI.
Memphis Mood is down because of a fatal Parkway Village shooting murder charge, officer with questionable past becoming top cop, and police-involved crash in Hickory Hill.
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Today's big stories
More on the HubSatya Nadella warns AI models may be compromised
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated that users should assume all artificial intelligence models are compromised.
Nvidia in talks to acquire Reflection AI
Reports indicate that Nvidia is currently in discussions to acquire the open model startup Reflection AI.
DistroKid removes songs following UMG lawsuit
DistroKid has been removing songs from its platform in response to a lawsuit filed by Universal Music Group.
Challenges of using local AI models
Users are finding the process of learning to use local artificial intelligence models to be an overwhelming and frustrating experience.
Grouped by a free AI model from the last 24 hours of the Wire.
The Wire
All 30 days- Silicon Valley is falling in line with Trump’s attempt to rename AIThe Verge
- Learning to use local AI is exciting, overwhelming, and frustratingThe Verge
- Dwarf Fortress uses version control nowSimon Willison
- Python 3.15.0 added to actions/python-versionsSimon Willison
- Satya Nadella says we should assume all AI models are ‘compromised’The Verge
- DistroKid has been quietly taking down songs in response to UMG lawsuitThe Verge
- Nvidia in talks to acquire US 'open' model startup Reflection AIHacker News
- Anthropic is cutting off its internal evaluations from the internetThe Verge
- AI agent makers are promising privacy — will they deliver?The Verge
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.