AI’s most important protocol is getting a little bit easier to use
TechCrunch AI Russell Brandom
The Model Context Protocol, a key standard for connecting AI models to external services, is being updated to change how it handles session identifiers to work better at scale. The new version uses stateless session management instead of requiring servers to track individual session IDs, similar to how most websites operate. This change should make it easier for companies to deploy MCP servers across multiple machines and distributed systems without extra infrastructure complexity.
Why it matters
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is one of the basic building blocks of AI interoperability, giving AI models a secure way to access external data sources and services. It’s the plumbing that lets a chatbot reach into your calendar, your database, or your internal tools, instead of engineers building custom pipes for every connection. Next […]
