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 The AI sector faces a mix of viral threats, benchmark gaps, and legal fee disputes.
Memphis Memphis moods are weighed down by a date scare, a coaster death, and a student sentencing.
A free AI model rates every headline from 0, upbeat, to 100, doom. The gauges show the daily average. See the chart on the Hub
Today's big stories
More on the HubChatGPT, OpenAI, and AI backlash stories gain attention
ChatGPT Chrome access, GPT-Rosalind labs, tech backlash films, and AI bans are reported.
Meta updates terms to license news content for AI
Meta may use new commercial terms to train AI on news sites and avoid licensing fees.
Documentary and research on AI scams and interpretability
A documentary catches a scammer while research improves AI interpretability and alignment.
Hugging Face releases new open and customized AI models
Hugging Face introduced Beam, Granite Switch, and Indic Pretraining updates for open use.
Grouped by a free AI model from the last 24 hours of the Wire.
The Wire
All 30 days- Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed VirusesMIT Tech Review
- Designing more efficient quantum circuits with ClaudeAnthropic Research
- 90% of US working hours are spent on tasks not covered well by AI benchmarksHacker News
- Claude reveals ECDSA curve originsAnthropic Research
- Meta may use sweeping new commercial TOS to avoid millions in AI licensing feesArs Technica
- A week with RTX Spark: everything we’ve learned using Nvidia’s new laptopsThe Verge
- Meta’s new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for freeThe Verge
- Super Scam Me documentary shows what it takes to catch a romance scammerArs Technica
- Welcome Beam: a 501B open model you can own, customize, and scaleHugging Face
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.