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Chris McKay

Chris McKay is the founder and chief editor of Maginative. His thought leadership in AI literacy and strategic AI adoption has been recognized by top academic institutions, media, and global brands.

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Anthropic Unveils Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code

Anthropic

Anthropic Unveils Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code

By Chris McKay • Feb 24, 2025

Apple to Invest $500 Billion in the U.S., Create 20,000 AI and R&D Jobs

Apple AI Infrastructure

Apple to Invest $500 Billion in the U.S., Create 20,000 AI and R&D Jobs

By Chris McKay • Feb 24, 2025

1X Debuts NEO Gamma, a Humanoid Robot Built for the Home

Robotics 1X

1X Debuts NEO Gamma, a Humanoid Robot Built for the Home

By Chris McKay • Feb 21, 2025

AI in Higher Ed: 7 Major Takeaways from OpenAI’s ChatGPT Student Usage Report

OpenAI Research Education AI Literacy

AI in Higher Ed: 7 Major Takeaways from OpenAI’s ChatGPT Student Usage Report

By Chris McKay • Feb 20, 2025

Together AI Raises $305M to Expand Its AI Acceleration Cloud

Venture Capital Startups

Together AI Raises $305M to Expand Its AI Acceleration Cloud

By Chris McKay • Feb 20, 2025

Meet Helix: The AI Behind Figure’s Humanoid Robots That Reason Like Humans

Figure Robotics

Meet Helix: The AI Behind Figure’s Humanoid Robots That Reason Like Humans

By Chris McKay • Feb 20, 2025

OpenAI’s Growth Shows No Signs of Slowing, Now Serving 400 Million Users

OpenAI

OpenAI’s Growth Shows No Signs of Slowing, Now Serving 400 Million Users

By Chris McKay • Feb 20, 2025

OpenEvidence Raises $75M to Scale AI for Doctors, Hits $1B Valuation

Venture Capital Startups Healthcare

OpenEvidence Raises $75M to Scale AI for Doctors, Hits $1B Valuation

By Chris McKay • Feb 19, 2025

Microsoft’s Muse AI Model Can Generate Video Game Environments in Real-Time

Microsoft Media & Entertainment Research

Microsoft’s Muse AI Model Can Generate Video Game Environments in Real-Time

By Chris McKay • Feb 19, 2025

Google Unveils AI Co-Scientist to Accelerate Scientific Discovery

Google Research

Google Unveils AI Co-Scientist to Accelerate Scientific Discovery

By Chris McKay • Feb 19, 2025

NVIDIA and Arc Institute Introduce Evo 2, A State of the Art Foundation Model for Biology

NVIDIA Research Biotech & Health

NVIDIA and Arc Institute Introduce Evo 2, A State of the Art Foundation Model for Biology

By Chris McKay • Feb 19, 2025

Microsoft Unveils Majorana 1: A Breakthrough Chip in Quantum Computing

Microsoft Quantum Computing

Microsoft Unveils Majorana 1: A Breakthrough Chip in Quantum Computing

By Chris McKay • Feb 19, 2025

Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Launches Thinking Machines Lab with AI Veterans

Startups

Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Launches Thinking Machines Lab with AI Veterans

By Chris McKay • Feb 18, 2025

OpenAI's New Benchmark Tests AI Models Against Real-World Software Engineering Tasks

OpenAI Research

OpenAI's New Benchmark Tests AI Models Against Real-World Software Engineering Tasks

By Chris McKay • Feb 18, 2025

Meta Announces LlamaCon, Its First Developer Conference for AI

Meta

Meta Announces LlamaCon, Its First Developer Conference for AI

By Chris McKay • Feb 18, 2025

Elon Musk's xAI Unveils Grok 3, Claims State-of-the-Art Performance

xAI Grok

Elon Musk's xAI Unveils Grok 3, Claims State-of-the-Art Performance

By Chris McKay • Feb 18, 2025

Perplexity AI Unveils Free Deep Research Tool

Perplexity

Perplexity AI Unveils Free Deep Research Tool

By Chris McKay • Feb 14, 2025

Elon Musk’s xAI Eyes $10B in New Funding at $75B Valuation

xAI

Elon Musk’s xAI Eyes $10B in New Funding at $75B Valuation

By Chris McKay • Feb 14, 2025

UK Rebrands AI Safety Institute to Focus on National Security Risks

UK Anthropic

UK Rebrands AI Safety Institute to Focus on National Security Risks

By Chris McKay • Feb 13, 2025

Google DeepMind’s Veo 2 Brings AI Video Generation to YouTube Shorts

Google Video AI

Google DeepMind’s Veo 2 Brings AI Video Generation to YouTube Shorts

By Chris McKay • Feb 13, 2025

Can Tofu Solve Martech Bloat? Investors Bet $12M on It

Venture Capital Startups

Can Tofu Solve Martech Bloat? Investors Bet $12M on It

By Chris McKay • Feb 13, 2025

EnCharge AI Raises $100M to Bring Energy-Efficient AI Chips to Market

Venture Capital Startups Chips

EnCharge AI Raises $100M to Bring Energy-Efficient AI Chips to Market

By Chris McKay • Feb 13, 2025

Major News Publishers Sue AI Startup Cohere Over Copyright Violations

Cohere Media & Entertainment

Major News Publishers Sue AI Startup Cohere Over Copyright Violations

By Chris McKay • Feb 13, 2025

Google Backs Apptronik in $350M Funding Round for Humanoid Robots

Apptronik Robotics Venture Capital

Google Backs Apptronik in $350M Funding Round for Humanoid Robots

By Chris McKay • Feb 13, 2025

Elon Musk Says He’ll Drop $97.4 Billion OpenAI Bid—If It Remains Nonprofit

OpenAI

Elon Musk Says He’ll Drop $97.4 Billion OpenAI Bid—If It Remains Nonprofit

By Chris McKay • Feb 13, 2025