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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The Illusion of Open Source AI: A Rebuttal to Mark Zuckerberg

Op-ed

The Illusion of Open Source AI: A Rebuttal to Mark Zuckerberg

By Chris McKay • Jul 24, 2024

Meta Releases Llama 3.1 with 405B Parameter Model

Meta Open Source

Meta Releases Llama 3.1 with 405B Parameter Model

By Chris McKay • Jul 23, 2024

AI Legal Assistant Harvey Raises $100M, Hits $1.5B Valuation

Venture Capital Startups

AI Legal Assistant Harvey Raises $100M, Hits $1.5B Valuation

By Chris McKay • Jul 23, 2024

Adobe Rolls Out New Generative AI Features for Illustrator and Photoshop

Adobe

Adobe Rolls Out New Generative AI Features for Illustrator and Photoshop

By Chris McKay • Jul 23, 2024

Sakana AI Launches New Models for Ukiyo-e Art Generation and Colorization

Japan

Sakana AI Launches New Models for Ukiyo-e Art Generation and Colorization

By Chris McKay • Jul 22, 2024

AI Startup Cohere Raises $500 Million at $5.5 Billion Valuation

Cohere Venture Capital Startups

AI Startup Cohere Raises $500 Million at $5.5 Billion Valuation

By Chris McKay • Jul 22, 2024

OpenAI in Talks With Broadcom to Develop New AI Chip

OpenAI Chips AI Infrastructure

OpenAI in Talks With Broadcom to Develop New AI Chip

By Chris McKay • Jul 18, 2024

Tech Industry Launches Coalition for Secure AI

Responsible AI Cybersecurity AI Safety

Tech Industry Launches Coalition for Secure AI

By Chris McKay • Jul 18, 2024

OpenAI Launches GPT-4o Mini, a Cheaper and Faster Version of its Flagship Model

OpenAI

OpenAI Launches GPT-4o Mini, a Cheaper and Faster Version of its Flagship Model

By Chris McKay • Jul 18, 2024

Mistral AI and NVIDIA Launch Powerful 12B Language Model for Enterprise Use

NVIDIA Mistral

Mistral AI and NVIDIA Launch Powerful 12B Language Model for Enterprise Use

By Chris McKay • Jul 18, 2024

Anthropic and Menlo Ventures Launch $100M AI Startup Fund

Anthropic Venture Capital Startups

Anthropic and Menlo Ventures Launch $100M AI Startup Fund

By Chris McKay • Jul 17, 2024

Israeli AI Medical Firm CytoReason Secures $80M in Funding from NVIDIA, Pfizer, Thermo Fisher, and OurCrowd

Venture Capital Startups

Israeli AI Medical Firm CytoReason Secures $80M in Funding from NVIDIA, Pfizer, Thermo Fisher, and OurCrowd

By Chris McKay • Jul 17, 2024

Fei-Fei Li's New AI Startup, World Labs, Hits $1 Billion Valuation in Just Four Months

Venture Capital Startups

Fei-Fei Li's New AI Startup, World Labs, Hits $1 Billion Valuation in Just Four Months

By Chris McKay • Jul 17, 2024

Microsoft Designer Now Available for iOS and Android

Microsoft

Microsoft Designer Now Available for iOS and Android

By Chris McKay • Jul 17, 2024

Salesforce Launches Einstein Service Agent, A Fully Autonomous AI Chatbot for Customer Service

Salesforce

Salesforce Launches Einstein Service Agent, A Fully Autonomous AI Chatbot for Customer Service

By Chris McKay • Jul 17, 2024

Andrej Karpathy Launches Eureka Labs, an AI-Native School

Startups Education

Andrej Karpathy Launches Eureka Labs, an AI-Native School

By Chris McKay • Jul 16, 2024

Anthropic Releases Claude App for Android

Anthropic

Anthropic Releases Claude App for Android

By Chris McKay • Jul 16, 2024

Cohere and Fujitsu Partner to Develop Advanced AI Models for Japanese Enterprises

Cohere Japan

Cohere and Fujitsu Partner to Develop Advanced AI Models for Japanese Enterprises

By Chris McKay • Jul 15, 2024

Google in Talks to Acquire Cybersecurity Startup Wiz for $23 Billion

Google Cybersecurity Startups

Google in Talks to Acquire Cybersecurity Startup Wiz for $23 Billion

By Chris McKay • Jul 15, 2024

SoftBank Acquires UK AI Chip Startup Graphcore

SoftBank

SoftBank Acquires UK AI Chip Startup Graphcore

By Chris McKay • Jul 12, 2024

Google Is Using Gemini AI to Make Robots Smarter Navigators

Google Gemini Robotics

Google Is Using Gemini AI to Make Robots Smarter Navigators

By Chris McKay • Jul 11, 2024

Helsing Raises $487M in Series C Funding, Bolstering Europe's AI Defense Capabilities

Venture Capital Startups Military & Defense

Helsing Raises $487M in Series C Funding, Bolstering Europe's AI Defense Capabilities

By Chris McKay • Jul 11, 2024

OpenAI Partners with Los Alamos National Laboratory for Bioscience Safety Research

OpenAI AI Safety

OpenAI Partners with Los Alamos National Laboratory for Bioscience Safety Research

By Chris McKay • Jul 10, 2024

AMD Acquires Silo AI for $665 Million to Boost AI Capabilities

AMD Startups

AMD Acquires Silo AI for $665 Million to Boost AI Capabilities

By Chris McKay • Jul 10, 2024

Microsoft Departs OpenAI's Board

Microsoft OpenAI

Microsoft Departs OpenAI's Board

By Chris McKay • Jul 10, 2024