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 OpenAI fired safety researchers and faced criticism for its latest release while a competition winner was disqualified for using generative tools.
Memphis Residents face a hurricane threat while others suffer from a massive financial scam and local factory layoffs.
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Today's big stories
More on the HubAI agents and coding limits
Reports questioned whether AI agents actually produce useful software, covering coding output, the Instinct agent, and a tool for drawing on screens.
OpenAI fires safety researchers
OpenAI stood by its decision to fire three AI safety researchers, who publicly responded to the move.
Nikon contest winner disqualified for AI use
A winner of the Nikon Small World in Motion microscopy competition was disqualified for using generative AI, and a new winner was named.
GPT-6.1 productivity claims
OpenAI highlighted customer results with GPT-6.1, including cost cuts at Asana and faster threat investigations at Sophos, while TLDR covered the release.
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All 30 days- AI coding agents generate more code, but not more softwareArs Technica
- ‘Pure insanity’: Mathematicians will need years to make sense of OpenAI’s latest dropThe Verge
- AI disqualification yields new Nikon Small World in Motion winnerArs Technica
- Nikon microscopic video competition winner disqualified for using generative AIThe Verge
- Typesafe AI raises $870M at $7.5BHacker News
- Impactful scheduling for GPU clustersHugging Face
- Quoting Matthew GreenSimon Willison
- Trump’s attempt to rename AI is looking awfully artificialThe Verge
- Instinct was the buzziest AI agent around — can it survive Muse?The Verge
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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.