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AI
      

Google to embrace Anthropic's standard for connecting AI models to
data

Kyle Wiggers
4:18 PM PDT * April 9, 2025
      

Just a few weeks after OpenAI said it would adopt rival Anthropic's
standard for connecting AI models to the systems where data resides,
Google is following suit.

In a post on X on Wednesday, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said
Google would add support for Anthropic's Model Context Protocol, or
MCP, to its Gemini models and SDK. He did not specify a timeline for
when this would be done.

"MCP is a good protocol and it's rapidly becoming an open standard
for the AI agentic era," wrote Hassabis. "Look forward to developing
it further with the MCP team and others in the industry."

MCP lets models draw data from sources like business tools and
software to complete tasks, as well as from content repositories and
app development environments. The protocol enables developers to
build two-way connections between data sources and AI-powered
applications, such as chatbots.

Developers can expose data through "MCP servers" and build "MCP
clients" -- for instance, apps and workflows -- that connect to those
servers on command. In the months since Anthropic open sourced MCP,
companies including Block, Apollo, Replit, Codeium, and Sourcegraph
have added support for the protocol to their platforms.


Topics

AI, DeepMind, gemini, Google, mcp
      
Kyle Wiggers
Kyle Wiggers

AI Editor

    
Kyle Wiggers is TechCrunch's AI Editor. His writing has appeared in
VentureBeat and Digital Trends, as well as a range of gadget blogs
including Android Police, Android Authority, Droid-Life, and
XDA-Developers. He lives in Manhattan with his partner, a music
therapist.
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