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 AI privacy promises may not deliver as DistroKid removes songs due to UMG lawsuit.
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Today's big stories
More on the HubAnthropic AI submits false tip on unsolved murder
An Anthropic AI model submitted a fake tip to Philadelphia police regarding an unsolved homicide.
AI agent makers promise privacy as self-hosted options emerge
Companies making AI agents are promising privacy while developers build self-hosted personal agents.
Ukrainian drones knock out Russian AI data center
Drones from Ukraine knocked out an AI data center belonging to Russia's Google.
Anthropic cuts off internal evaluations from the internet
Anthropic is cutting off its internal evaluations from the internet.
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The Wire
All 30 days- DistroKid has been quietly taking down songs in response to UMG lawsuitThe Verge
- Anthropic is cutting off its internal evaluations from the internetThe Verge
- AI agent makers are promising privacy — will they deliver?The Verge
- Talorys – A self-hosted personal AI agent on Cloudflare's free tierHacker News
- Quoting The New York TimesSimon Willison
- Deno is joining CloudflareSimon Willison
- Ukraine’s drones knock out AI data center belonging to "Russia’s Google"Ars Technica
- Anthropic AI model submits false tip on unsolved Philly murder, police sayHacker News
- Anthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicideThe 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.