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 Disarray in indie gaming, eBay blocking AI agents, and Ukrainian drones strained by AI data center demand dampen mood.
Memphis Revealed child death, driver charged in mother’s killing, and cybercrime theft of social security numbers create a somber atmosphere.
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Today's big stories
More on the HubAnthropic pushes IPO with Fable 5.2 surge
Anthropic announced IPO plans, highlighted Fable 5.2 performance and market valuation targets across multiple outlets.
The VergeThe RundownLatent SpaceAnthropicTLDR AISimon Willison
Google expands Gemini AI across devices and healthcare
Google released Gemini 4 Carbon with agent swarm, added features to apps, and launched Gemini for healthcare.
ChatGPT introduces verified business agent feature
OpenAI added Business Agents to ChatGPT, while The Verge reported verification process for AI agents.
Adobe commits to agentic AI across creative suite
The Verge covered Adobe’s push for agentic AI, noting new tools in Photoshop, Lightroom, and Premiere.
Grouped by a free AI model from the last 24 hours of the Wire.
The Wire
All 30 days- Ring cameras go mobile as Amazon debuts AI-powered security drone and robotArs Technica
- Grok Build coding agent leaks oodles of confidential info, some belonging to SpaceXSIArs Technica
- Lazare, veni foras: Reprogramming Dormant Neurons to Backdoor AI AgentsMicrosoft Research
- What happens to mathematics when AI becomes an oracle?Ars Technica
- llm-gemini 0.36Simon Willison
- The US is winning the AI race. Jensen Huang could have blown itThe Verge
- Gemini Intelligence: New features, on more devicesGoogle AI
- ChatGPT is getting verified AI ‘Business Agents’The Verge
- The indie game community is in disarray over AI and Big WalkThe 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.