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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Today's big stories
More on the HubAI Data Centers Face Political Headwinds in Texas
Texas led the AI data center buildout but that advantage may be ending as voters express backlash against data centers in midterm elections.
Companies Claim Voter AI Backlash Targets Trump Not Tech
Big Tech argues that voter dissatisfaction with AI is directed at political figures rather than the technology industry itself.
Apple Opens Door to Siri AI Features
Apple has begun revealing new capabilities for Siri AI, while other companies like Google struggle to monetize their AI efforts.
Geoffrey Hinton Questions If AI Was Worth It
Geoffrey Hinton suggests that humanity might have been better off without artificial intelligence, while others debate technical debt and utility.
Grouped by a free AI model from the last 24 hours of the Wire.
The Wire
All 30 days- Big Tech’s big AI buildout will not end until someone stops itThe Verge
- A Closer Look at Phonon TTS. Launching High-Quality On-Device Speech That Tops the Benchmarks.Hugging Face
- Setting a new standard for responsible AI infrastructureOpenAI
- Qualcomm is betting big on data centers as smartphone sales sinkThe Verge
- 17 better ways Elon Musk could have wasted $446 millionThe Verge
- Big Tech claims voters’ AI backlash is “anti-Trump” not “anti-tech”Ars Technica
- Gemini for Home now plugs into AT&T’s smart security systemThe Verge
- Qualcomm Cloud AI 100 Ultra – 150W AI Accelerator Card with 128GB at 548GB/sHacker News
- Texas was the new epicenter of the AI data center buildout. That might be kaput.MIT Tech Review
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.