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Anthropic is gaining traction in the AI infrastructure space with its Model Context Protocol (MCP), introduced last November as an open standard for secure, two-way connections between data sources and AI-powered tools. This protocol is designed to simplify the process of building AI agents by providing a standard way for applications to retrieve data, allowing agents to take actions based on that data. Microsoft and Cloudflare have already announced support for MCP, with Microsoft highlighting that MCP simplifies agent building and reduces maintenance time.

The MCP protocol works by taking natural language input from a large-language model and providing a standard way for MCP clients to find and retrieve data stored on servers running MCP. This is analogous to the API, which made web-based computing a standard. Previously, developers needed to set up MCP servers locally, which was impractical for most users. This barrier to entry has now been removed.

In other news, Anthropic is facing a legal challenge as music publishers' request for a preliminary injunction in their copyright infringement suit was denied. The publishers alleged that Anthropic's LLM Claude was trained on their song lyrics. However, the judge ruled that the publishers failed to demonstrate specific financial harm and that their list of forbidden lyrics was not final, requiring constant updates to Anthropic's guard rails. The case is ongoing, and the publishers can collect more evidence.
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References :
  • Runtime: Why AI infrastructure companies are lining up behind Anthropic's MCP
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