Google Open to Using Anthropic’s Standard for Connecting AI Models to Data
The search engine giant will add support for Anthropic's Context Protocol.
Some 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.
New Standard
In a post on X, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said Google would add support for Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol, or MCP, to its Gemini models and SDK. However, 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 and also 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.
Broad Acceptance
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, multiple companies, including Block, Apollo, Replit, Codeium, and Sourcegraph, have added support for the protocol to their platforms.
