Topic: open protocol
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Anatoly Yakovenko Champions Agentic Coding on Solana
Anatoly Yakovenko, CEO of Solana Labs, has embraced AI coding assistants like Claude, which he views as a force multiplier that allows him to step back from hands-on development and monitor their progress intuitively. Solana has achieved significant financial success with $2.85 billion in annual ...
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Google Unveils New Protocol for Agent-Driven Purchases
Google has launched the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open framework enabling AI agents to make purchases on behalf of users, supported by over 60 major merchants and financial institutions. The protocol requires AI agents to obtain two approvals—an "intent mandate" for searching and negotiat...
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AI's Free Web Scraping Era Ends With New Licensing Protocol
Major publishers and tech firms have introduced the Really Simple Licensing (RSL) standard to give content creators control and compensation when their work is used by AI systems. RSL replaces the simplistic robots.txt approach with enforceable, granular licensing terms, allowing publishers to sp...
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Google's New Protocol Secures AI Agent Deals, Backed by 60 Firms
Google has launched the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open standard backed by over 60 companies to ensure secure and reliable AI-driven transactions. AP2 uses cryptographically signed Mandates to authorize purchases with user consent, supporting various payment methods and ensuring accountabi...
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Xcode 26.3 Now Supports Claude, Codex & AI Dev Tools
Xcode 26.3 integrates advanced AI coding assistants like OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude directly into the IDE, allowing developers to assign complex tasks and monitor AI progress in real time. This integration is powered by the open Model Context Protocol (MCP), giving AI tools deep access...
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