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 Hidden supply chain costs and an unstoppable Big Tech buildout are pulling the mood down.
Memphis Recent airplane crashes, tornado risks, and deputy trial dates are pulling the mood down.
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 HubData centers face backlash from voters
Political results and public opinion show strong opposition to new AI data center construction projects, affecting plans.
Agentic AI features arrive in consumer products
New updates allow AI agents to make phone calls, create GIFs, and power home security systems.
Qualcomm shifts focus to cloud AI chips
Facing smartphone sales decline, Qualcomm launches a 150W AI accelerator card for data centers.
Robotics and hardware market developments
Agility Robotics had a Nasdaq debut while Nothing teased a new screen-free AI device.
Grouped by a free AI model from the last 24 hours of the Wire.
The Wire
All 30 days- The hidden supply chain costs of the AI boomThe Verge
- You can post AI music straight to SoundCloud from ElevenLabsThe Verge
- Agility Robotics' Nasdaq debut invites scrutiny of humanoid robot marketArs Technica
- 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
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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.