Topic: open standards
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Open Source Solution Fixes Messy AI Agent Ecosystems
The Linux Foundation has launched the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a consortium backed by major tech firms, to establish open standards for the infrastructure of advanced, autonomous AI systems. The initiative addresses significant risks, such as security vulnerabilities and errors, by creating ...
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Fivetran and dbt Merge to Power AI Data Pipelines
Fivetran and dbt are merging to create a unified platform, combining data movement and transformation capabilities to simplify complex data architectures. The new entity will focus on open data infrastructure, supporting multiple cloud environments and tools while maintaining dbt Core as an open-...
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Europe's Push for Digital Sovereignty: Reclaiming the Stack
Europe is prioritizing digital sovereignty to reduce reliance on foreign tech giants and mitigate strategic risks associated with external control over critical infrastructure. Actions include adopting sovereign cloud platforms, open-source software, and local alternatives to decrease dependencie...
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Google's New MCP Servers Let AI Agents Plug Into Its Tools
Google is launching managed MCP servers to seamlessly connect AI agents with its core services like Google Maps and BigQuery, aiming to pair advanced reasoning with reliable real-world data. This initiative dramatically simplifies integration for developers, reducing setup from days to minutes by...
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PagerDuty Launches AI Agent Suite to Cut Incident Response Times
PagerDuty has launched an AI Agent Suite that accelerates incident response, reportedly cutting resolution times by up to 50% and freeing engineering teams from extensive manual work. The suite includes specialized agents like the SRE, Scribe, Shift, and Insights Agents, which automate diagnostic...
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Agent2Agent Protocol: Why Marketers Need to Know
The Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol is an open standard that enables AI agents from different vendors to collaborate seamlessly, improving interoperability and transforming marketing operations into unified, intelligent workflows. Developed by Google and now governed by the Linux Foundation, A2A uses ...
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OpenID Foundation's Plan to Tame Dangerous AI Agents
The rapid adoption of AI agents introduces significant security vulnerabilities, as they can bypass traditional digital security barriers, necessitating new, open identity and access management standards to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data and processes. AI agents, enabled by technol...
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Oktane 2025: Securing Every Identity, AI, and App
The rise of autonomous AI agents in workflows creates unprecedented security challenges, demanding a unified identity security fabric for protection across all users and applications. Legacy authorization models like OAuth are inadequate for AI agents, leading to security blind spots and user cog...
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Cloudflare's 'NET Dollar' Fuels New AI Internet Business Models
Cloudflare is launching a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin called NET Dollar to enable fast, secure transactions for the agentic web and support a new Internet economy that rewards originality. The stablecoin is designed to handle microtransactions and automated payments at scale, allowing AI agents...
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Okta's Identity Security Fabric: Securing the AI-Driven Enterprise
Securing AI systems is a critical enterprise priority, with Okta introducing an identity security fabric to manage non-human identities and combat AI-driven fraud through tamper-proof credentials. A significant security gap exists as rapid AI adoption has outpaced governance, leaving organization...
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Snowflake's 32% Growth Defies Tech Slowdown, Proves Data Infrastructure Resilient
Snowflake's revenue grew 32% year-over-year, highlighting strong demand for data infrastructure despite broader tech budget constraints. AI is a key driver, influencing half of new customer acquisitions and a quarter of use cases on Snowflake's platform. The company's innovations, such as Cortex ...
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August Founders Launch a Smart Front Door
Doma Home has launched the Doma Intelligent Door, a motorized smart door that automatically opens and closes for authorized users, integrating a video doorbell, keypad, and smart lock into a single unit. The door uses ultra-wideband and local facial recognition for secure, private access, with sa...
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40% of Firms Face Shadow AI Security Threats, Gartner Warns
By 2030, over 40% of global enterprises are expected to face security and compliance breaches due to employees using unauthorized AI applications, with nearly 70% of cybersecurity professionals suspecting or confirming such use. Unauthorized AI tools pose significant risks like intellectual prope...
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