OpenAI's support puts MCP in pole position as agentic AI standard
Given Anthropic, OpenAI and Microsoft are supporting MCP it's likely others will have to follow or create dueling standards for AI agent connections.

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Given Anthropic, OpenAI and Microsoft are supporting MCP it's likely others will have to follow or create dueling standards for AI agent connections.
Enterprise leaders should be forgiven for nursing a case of whiplash over the latest large language model (LLM) developments. Almost daily, there's some advance that generates headlines. Instead of chasing every little benchmark, here's a crib sheet of what we're learning from the never-ending game of LLM leapfrog.
Agentic AI is dominating headlines and the enterprise technology sector, but the impact on the IT budget remains to be seen. Agentic AI is promising, but it's going to take more prototypes and proof of ROI to get the budgets rolling.
Agentic AI is likely to have an unwelcome side effect: Data wars and lawsuits between platforms. Data access skirmishes will proliferate as millions of AI agents start trying to complete tasks autonomously.
Heather Wilson, Senior Vice President and Chief Communications and Marketing Officer at AccentCare, sits at the intersection of customer experience, employee experience, marketing and talent recruitment.
Oracle launched Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications in a move designed to enable enterprises to customize AI agents across its platform. Oracle also expanded its database services on Azure.
Nvidia's GTC conference kicked off with a long keynote from CEO Jensen Huang, a roadmap extending in 2028 and an integrated AI stack that's hard for rivals to match.
Nvidia launched DGX Spark, formerly Project Digits, and DGX Stations as it aims to bring AI supercomputers to students, developers, researchers and data scientists.
Zoom Communications is adding a set of agentic AI capabilities to Zoom AI Companion so it can take actions across its platform for collaboration and customer experience.
Kore.ai launched a platform to develop, deploy and manage agentic AI applications as a bevy of players race to become the orchestration layer for AI agents.
Leading in today's fast-paced world requires more than just strategy—it demands adaptability, empathy, and continuous learning.