AI’s most important protocol is getting a little bit easier to use

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TechCrunch AI
Published
2026-07-20
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Foundation Models

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Model launches, benchmark jumps, API upgrades, context window changes, and frontier LLM competition. Use the original source for the full report, then use the directory shortcuts below to compare the products and workflows the story points toward.

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The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is one of the basic building blocks of AI interoperability, giving AI models a secure way to access external data sources and services. It’s the plumbing that lets a chatbot reach into your calendar, your database, or your internal tools, instead of engineers building custom pipes for every connection. Next […]

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The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is one of the basic building blocks of AI interoperability, giving AI models a secure way to access external data sources and services. It’s the plumbing that lets a chatbot reach into your calendar, your database, or your internal tools, instead of engineers building custom pipes for every connection. Next […]

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