Michael Chui

Deploying agentic AI successfully isn’t easy. Here’s what we’re learning about how to get it right. Crucially, agents aren’t always the answer. mckinsey.com/capabilities/q…

@kevinweil 👏 FYI, here’s a first order estimate of the economic potential of accelerating R&D through AI (in addition to improving health, addressing energy & emissions challenges, etc): mckinsey.com/capabilities/q…

We’ll share more about OpenAI for Science in the coming months. In the meantime, if you’re an AI or academic researcher interested in joining us, my DMs are open.

💥 I’m starting something new inside OpenAI! It’s called OpenAI for Science, and the goal is to build the next great scientific instrument: an AI-powered platform that accelerates scientific discovery.

It’s a tough time to be a young person looking for a job—unless you’re in artificial intelligence wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-job…

A pragmatic look at what general-purpose robots can—and can’t yet—do in the workplace mckinsey.com/industries/ind…

Via @erikbryn wsj.com/economy/jobs/a…

The work of adapting large-language models to be useful for everyday tasks remains in its infancy. "...you have to change a lot more than just, ‘Here’s a tool that a few of your workers can use,... All of that change is really hard.” Via @asafitch wsj.com/tech/ai/ais-bi…

"Automation and collaboration are not opposites, and are frequently packaged together." Via @davidautor theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

AI isn’t just for efficiency anymore. It can accelerate innovation and double the pace of R&D to unlock up to half a trillion dollars in value annually mckinsey.com/capabilities/q…

Via @SteveLohr nytimes.com/2025/05/14/tec…

In this week’s episode of The Road to Accountable AI, @mbankhwal and @mchui of McKinsey’s QuantumBlack AI unit highlight key challenges of implementing responsible AI in the enterprise. Tune in on your favorite podcast platform to explore how businesses can build trust in AI.

Findings from latest State of AI survey: Organizations are beginning to create the structures and processes that lead to meaningful value from gen AI. While still early, companies are redesigning workflows, elevating governance, and mitigating more risks mckinsey.com/capabilities/q…

The DeepSeek iOS app does gather data btw. Says it right there

Twister! (Unusual visitor to Northern California mountain town)

‘It’s Spare Parts for People’: Blood Vessels Grown in a Lab (via @l_e_whyte) wsj.com/health/healthc…

The next big arenas of competition in the global economy over the next couple of decades mckinsey.com/mgi/our-resear…

Congrats @DAcemogluMIT @baselinescene!

My discussion with Mohamed El-Arian and Mike Spence re their book Permacrisis and more. @elerianm tells a story about when the Queen asked economists why they didn't predict the Great Financial Crisis, and explains the origins of the 2% inflation target... mckinsey.com/mgi/forward-th…