Michael Kevin Spencer

Montreal, Taiwan

Independent Newsletter Journalist, writer, researcher and innovation analyst at Freelance

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Two years of Artificial Ignorance

Feb 10, 2025 | ignorance.ai | Charlie Guo |Logan Thorneloe |Michael Kevin Spencer |Timothy Lee

This week marks the second anniversary of Artificial Ignorance. 2024 was my first full calendar year of biweekly writing, and it felt like I started to find my footing as a writer (creator? Substacker?). At the very least, it does feel like I'm finally developing some good muscle memory for writing on a weekly cadence.
'Tis the Season! Westchester County Association annual holiday party!… | Hudson Valley Investment Advisors, Inc.

Dec 20, 2024 | linkedin.com | Michael Kevin Spencer |Rodney Plaskett

'Tis the Season! Westchester County Association annual holiday party! Gus Scacco and jim serkes of Hudson Valley Investment Advisors, Inc., joined our colleagues from Orange Bank & Trust Company, michael spencer and Ryan Muller to celebrate with James Ausili of Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP. Always a great event. Look for an upcoming announcement about WCA's upcoming 2025 Annual Business Breakfast on January 23rd! Panel to be moderated by Gus!
What TikTok's Symphony Digital Avatars Means for the Rise of Synthetic Media

Jun 25, 2024 | linkedin.com | Michael Kevin Spencer

And Trust in the Generative AI Internet? Hey Everyone, I hope you are enjoying your summer. Apparently it’s not just Anthropic and Google Gemini that are destined to integrate their products into Apple Intelligence, but Meta (failed) and Perplexity are pitching their products as well to Apple. The only problem? Meta isn’t an AI company, though they make many LLMs, and Perplexity doesn’t really have its own killer LLM, but rather is more in the business of search.
What we know about GPT-5

Apr 21, 2024 | ai-supremacy.com | Carrington Malin |Michael Kevin Spencer

Hey Everyone, We live in a world where Sam Altman thinks he deserves $7 trillion to lower the cost of compute for OpenAI and Middle East countries like the UAE and Saudi Arabia who want to be relevant in the future of AI. I guess that’s why they are sharing H100s with China. If you want to learn more about the Middle East AI News, I recommend this Newsletter.
AI and the Future of Music Production and Creation

Apr 21, 2024 | ai-supremacy.com | Michael Kevin Spencer

Hey Everyone, Iâll honestly never forget the moment I heard Heart on my Sleeve. "Heart on My Sleeve" is a song written and produced by TikTok user ghostwriter977, with vocals made to sound like Canadian musicians Drake and The Weeknd through the use of artificial intelligence. So that brings us to our topic for today.
Winners and losers in the age of Generative AI

Apr 21, 2024 | ai-supremacy.com | Michael Kevin Spencer |Sangeet Paul Choudary

Hey Everyone, Today we get to read a Platform expert, who is a force in Singapore and his excellent Newsletter: Platforms, AI and the Economics of BigTech. Heβs a professional CXO Advisor on Platform Strategy and a best-selling author among other accolades.
The Biggest Open-Source Week in the History of AI

Apr 21, 2024 | ai-supremacy.com | Michael Kevin Spencer

Hey Everyone, While covering AI this week I noticed something peculiar. Open-source LLMs had a coming out party. 🎉 I’m not usually one to brag or exaggerate, but what we saw this week was unusual. The Hugging Face folk were noticing it too: Like Omar Sanseviero (X, here). To follow what HuggingFace notices bookmark this page.
Microsoft & OpenAI's "Stargate" AI Supercomputer is Coming

Apr 21, 2024 | ai-supremacy.com | Michael Kevin Spencer

Hey Everyone, What if you could make a ‚Äėstargate‚Äô into the future, what would it look like? The Information recently reported on a rumored plan to build a $100 Billion AI supercomputer in the next five years. Microsoft‚Äôs project with OpenAI is raising some eyebrows.
Databricks Is now an AI-native company

Apr 21, 2024 | ai-supremacy.com | Michael Kevin Spencer

Hey Everyone, As some of you know, I’m a huge fan of talking about Databricks and Snowflake. Among the initial public offering (IPO) market, post-pandemic, it’s only in 2025 that we see a proper recovery to back to normal, and the IPO I’m most excited about then is certainly Databricks. Databricks is doing its best to position itself as an AI-native company.
Can Apple catch up in Generative AI in time for WWDC 2024?

Apr 21, 2024 | ai-supremacy.com | Michael Kevin Spencer

Hey Everyone, At AI Supremacy on occasion, I ask some big questions about the future of AI. I wanted to give you all a quick update on Apple’s status in Generative AI in early 2024. Apple’s WWDC event is just weeks away, June 10-14, 2024. Apple is in a major crisis this year and will be counting on on-device Generative AI to boost its hardware and iPhone sales. I expect more AI updates and stunning new features in its WWDC event this year than usual.