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Products·Jul 20·all news from July 20, 2026

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

Developers have released updates to the Model Context Protocol to simplify how AI models connect to external data sources and internal tools. This standard acts as a universal bridge for interoperability, reducing the engineering effort required to integrate chatbots with private databases, calendars, and enterprise software.

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