OpenAI adopts rival Anthropic’s standard for connecting AI models to data

Openai covers an anthropic standard to connect AI’s assistants to connect data to the data residential.

One Foreign Ministry on Wednesday XOpenai CEO SAM Altman said that Openai will add support Anthropic model context protocolOr MCP, a desktop application for chatrapt, including its own products. MCP is an open source standard that helps AI models to give certain requests better, more appropriate answers.

“People love MCP and are pleased to add support in our products,” Altman said. “[It’s] Today agents have SDK and support [the] Chatgpt Desktop Application [and] Answers API [is] Soon! “

MCP allows models such as work tools and programs, as well as information from sources such as content depots and applications. The protocol allows developers to connect between information sources and challenged applications, such as two-sided connections.

Developers can expose information through “MCP Servers” and can build “MCP customers” – for example, applications and workflows – can connect to these servers connecting to these servers. Anthropic Open MCP has added MCP support for companies platforms, including Apollo, Repit, KOODIGRAPH since Anthropic Open MCP.

“McP was excited to see his love spread to Openai – welcome!” Anthrop Head Product Officer Mike Krieger said in one X writing. “MCP has [become a] Thousands integrated and growing open standard. LLMS is the most useful when connecting to the information you have already used and connected to the program you already use. “

Openai says it intends to share more about MCP plans In the coming months.