Model Context Protocol

Walmart and Amazon Diverge on AI Agents, Reshaping E-Commerce Control

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Walmart and Amazon Diverge on AI Agents, Reshaping E-Commerce Control

Walmart is giving AI agents a dedicated front door. On Oct. 21, it unveiled an Agent Gateway and Agent Profiles that let approved assistants shop for customers across Walmart and Sam’s Club, with separate identities, default approvals and optional spending caps. Amazon chose the opposite path: it sued Perplexity, blocked Meta’s Muse and invoked its … Read more

Anthropic’s RSP 2.2 Adds Graded Risk Thresholds and Outside Auditors

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Anthropic’s RSP 2.2 Adds Graded Risk Thresholds and Outside Auditors

Anthropic has published version 2.2 of its Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP), the framework that decides when the company may — and may not — train and release more capable models. Announced on 13 October 2026 on its official blog, the update brings three structural changes: finer-grained thresholds for biosecurity and cybersecurity capabilities, an independent external … Read more