AI Agents & MCP
The AI Agents & MCP stories that matter — sourced, dated, and explained in plain English, without the hype.
The lead
Latest first
Latest in AI Agents & MCP
Build Your First Tool-Using AI Agent in an Hour
Most “AI agents” are just a chat completion wrapped in a while loop. That loop — call the model, read its tool…
Gemini API Adds Managed Agents With Remote MCP
Google expands Gemini API Managed Agents with server-side background execution, remote MCP server links, custom function calling and credential refresh for…
Docker SBX and Sandbox Kits Arrive for AI Agent Isolation
Docker published an official July 2026 blog post outlining why AI agents need microVM-based isolation and how Sandbox Kits package reusable secure…
NVIDIA Blackwell Tops Agentic AI Benchmark at 20x Hopper
NVIDIA Blackwell Tops Agentic AI Benchmark at 20x Hopper: NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 runs 20x more agents per megawatt than H200 on Artificial…
Microsoft Ships GA Azure Copilot Observability Agent
Microsoft’s general availability Azure Copilot Observability Agent uses agentic AI to correlate cross-service telemetry, addressing 84% of organizations’…
OpenAI Previews GPT-5.6 Sol With Stricter Safeguards, Tiered
OpenAI began a limited preview of its GPT-5.6 model family, led by the flagship Sol, with stricter safety guardrails, new reasoning modes,…
140+ Mastra npm Packages Hit in Supply Chain Attack
A supply chain attack on June 17, 2026, injected a malicious easy-day-js dependency into 140+ Mastra npm packages, stealing crypto wallets and…
NVIDIA Partners Launch AI Ad Tools at Advertising Festival
NVIDIA and adtech partners including Alembic, AWS and Criteo are showcasing AI tools for causal measurement, real-time bidding and agentic workflows at…
IBM CUGA Agent Harness Ships With 24 Single-File Working Examples
IBM's open-source CUGA agent harness, installable via pip install cuga, ships with 24 single-file FastAPI examples to eliminate repetitive agentic app plumbing…
ServiceNow MosaicLeaks study identifies ‘mosaic effect’ privacy risk for deep research agents
New ServiceNow research on Hugging Face defines the 'mosaic effect' privacy leakage risk for deep research agents, introduces a privacy-aligned training method…