AI & RoboticsNews

MCP and the innovation paradox: Why open standards will save AI from itself

Bigger models aren’t driving the next wave of AI innovation. The real disruption is quieter: Standardization. Launched by Anthropic in November 2024, the Model Context Protocol (MCP) standardizes how AI applications interact with the world beyond their training data. Much like HTTP and REST standardized how web applications connect to services, MCP standardizes how AI models connect to…
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CryptoNews

Metaplanet Acquires 1,241 Bitcoin, Holdings Reach 6,796 BTC Amid Strong Yield Performance

Metaplanet Inc. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 3350 / OTCQX: MTPLF), a publicly listed bitcoin treasury company in Japan, has announced the acquisition of an additional 1,241 bitcoin as part of its ongoing Bitcoin Treasury Operations, bringing its total holdings to 6,796 bitcoin. The latest purchase was made at an average price of 14,848,061 yen per bitcoin, totaling approximately 18.426 billion yen. The…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

AUSA adds new, rough terrain electric forklift to its line of construction EVs

Last month’s bauma event in Germany was so big that the industry hive mind is still trying to digest everything it saw – and that includes these new, rough terrain electric material handlers from Spanish equipment brand AUSA! AUSA calls itself, “the global manufacturer of compact all-terrain machines for the transportation and handling of material,” and backs that claim up by delivering…
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AI & RoboticsNews

OpenAI, Microsoft tell Senate ‘no one country can win AI’

The Trump administration walked back an Executive Order from former President Joe Biden that created rules around the development and deployment of AI. Since then, the government has stepped back from regulating the technology. In a more than three-hour hearing at the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, executives like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, AMD CEO Lisa Su, Coreweave…
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