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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Microsoft Lists OpenAI as Competitor: Strategic Move in AI Search Race

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Microsoft Lists OpenAI as Competitor: Strategic Move in AI Search Race

By Chris McKay • Aug 1, 2024

Hedra Raises $10 Million Seed Funding for AI Video Creation Platform

Venture Capital Startups

Hedra Raises $10 Million Seed Funding for AI Video Creation Platform

By Chris McKay • Aug 1, 2024

GitHub Models Makes it Easier to Get Started With AI Engineering

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GitHub Models Makes it Easier to Get Started With AI Engineering

By Chris McKay • Aug 1, 2024

OpenAI to Provide Government with Early Access to Next Foundation Model

OpenAI AI Safety

OpenAI to Provide Government with Early Access to Next Foundation Model

By Chris McKay • Aug 1, 2024

Google Expands Gemma 2 Family with New 2B Model, Safety Classifiers, and Interpretability Tools

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Google Expands Gemma 2 Family with New 2B Model, Safety Classifiers, and Interpretability Tools

By Chris McKay • Jul 31, 2024

Sybill Raises $14M Series A for AI Assistant for Sales

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Sybill Raises $14M Series A for AI Assistant for Sales

By Chris McKay • Jul 30, 2024

Microsoft Urges Congress to Enact Federal Deepfake Fraud Statute

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Microsoft Urges Congress to Enact Federal Deepfake Fraud Statute

By Chris McKay • Jul 30, 2024

OpenAI Begins Rollout of its Advanced Voice Mode

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OpenAI Begins Rollout of its Advanced Voice Mode

By Chris McKay • Jul 30, 2024

NTIA Recommends Monitoring, But Not Restricting Open-Weight AI Models

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NTIA Recommends Monitoring, But Not Restricting Open-Weight AI Models

By Chris McKay • Jul 30, 2024

Ads are Coming to Perplexity and Publishers are Getting a Cut of the Revenue

Ads are Coming to Perplexity and Publishers are Getting a Cut of the Revenue

By Chris McKay • Jul 30, 2024

OpenAI Backs Three Key Senate AI Bills

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OpenAI Backs Three Key Senate AI Bills

By Chris McKay • Jul 30, 2024

Canva Acquires Leonardo.Ai

Canva Acquires Leonardo.Ai

By Chris McKay • Jul 30, 2024

Meta's AI Studio and Our Evolving Relationship with Technology

Meta

Meta's AI Studio and Our Evolving Relationship with Technology

By Chris McKay • Jul 30, 2024

Meta Unveils SAM 2: A Unified Model for Real-Time Object Segmentation in Images and Videos

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Meta Unveils SAM 2: A Unified Model for Real-Time Object Segmentation in Images and Videos

By Chris McKay • Jul 29, 2024

OpenAI is Testing a Version of GPT-4o with 64K Output Tokens

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OpenAI is Testing a Version of GPT-4o with 64K Output Tokens

By Chris McKay • Jul 29, 2024

Shutterstock and Getty Images Unveil Updated AI Generators Powered by NVIDIA Edify

NVIDIA

Shutterstock and Getty Images Unveil Updated AI Generators Powered by NVIDIA Edify

By Chris McKay • Jul 29, 2024

Maginative AI Update - Episode 21: The Argument Against Open-Source AI

Maginative AI Update - Episode 21: The Argument Against Open-Source AI

By Chris McKay • Jul 27, 2024

Airtable Launches AI-Powered 'Cobuilder' for Instant No-Code App Development

Airtable Launches AI-Powered 'Cobuilder' for Instant No-Code App Development

By Chris McKay • Jul 26, 2024

OpenAI Previews SearchGPT Prototype, an AI-Powered Search Engine

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OpenAI Previews SearchGPT Prototype, an AI-Powered Search Engine

By Chris McKay • Jul 25, 2024

Sam Altman Advocates for U.S. Leadership in AI Development

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Sam Altman Advocates for U.S. Leadership in AI Development

By Chris McKay • Jul 25, 2024

Google DeepMind's AI Scores Silver at International Math Olympiad

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Google DeepMind's AI Scores Silver at International Math Olympiad

By Chris McKay • Jul 25, 2024

OpenAI Introduces Rule-Based Rewards, an AI-Powered Alternative to RLHF

OpenAI AI Safety

OpenAI Introduces Rule-Based Rewards, an AI-Powered Alternative to RLHF

By Chris McKay • Jul 24, 2024

Swiss AI Security Startup Lakera Secures $20M in Series A Funding

Venture Capital Startups

Swiss AI Security Startup Lakera Secures $20M in Series A Funding

By Chris McKay • Jul 24, 2024

Microsoft Unveils Bing's New Generative Search Experience

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Microsoft Unveils Bing's New Generative Search Experience

By Chris McKay • Jul 24, 2024

Mistral AI Unveils Mistral Large 2: A Powerful New Language Model

Mistral

Mistral AI Unveils Mistral Large 2: A Powerful New Language Model

By Chris McKay • Jul 24, 2024