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 Google's unusable Gemini 4 Carbon, Microsoft ending Copilot on smart TVs, and Meta's delayed business terms pull the mood down.
Memphis A post office worker's death, a $4,000 scam, and an infant dying in a bathtub pull the mood down.
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Today's big stories
More on the HubGoogle announces Gemini 4 Carbon frontier model
Google released Gemini 4 Carbon, described as a significant leap in cybersecurity and a new frontier model.
AI agents and business autonomy debates
Discussions cover AI agents running businesses, legal work systems, and industrial autonomy with human control.
Anthropic IPO and coding interview changes
Anthropic's IPO filing warns of AI risks while the company ends its coding interview program.
Data center noise and public backlash
xAI buys out homeowners to avoid noise lawsuits while Texas voters express strong dislike for data centers.
Grouped by a free AI model from the last 24 hours of the Wire.
The Wire
All 30 days- Creating AI value with enterprise contextMIT Tech Review
- Google launches Gemini 4 Carbon with a ‘significant leap’ in cybersecurityThe Verge
- Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon, its latest frontier AI model that you can't useArs Technica
- Microsoft is ending Copilot support on smart TVsThe Verge
- Google AI gets cagey when asked who won the 2020 electionsArs Technica
- Gemini 4 Carbon: Our next frontier modelGoogle DeepMind
- Chrome’s enhanced autofill can now pull info from Gmail to help you fill out formsThe Verge
- GitHub Octoverse 2026Simon Willison
- Meta says it’ll probably delay its controversial new business terms againThe 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.