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Why are the people building the most powerful AI so worried about what it could do?

As an Anthropic resignation and OpenAI agents' hack on Hugging Face capture public attention, some researchers worry the industry is racing too fast to develop powerful AI while safety measures lag.

Why are the people building the most powerful AI so worried about what it could do?

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History of the Model Context Protocol (MCP)

History of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Origins (mid-2024) MCP started as an internal fix for an annoyance. In July 2024, Anthropic engineer David Soria Parra got tired of manually copying answers from Claude into his code editor because the model had no way to reach outside tools.

  • Model Context Protocol (MCP) created by Anthropic engineers in mid-2024
  • Officially launched in November 2024 as open standard for AI-tool integration
  • Donated to Agentic AI Foundation in December 2025, becoming vendor-neutral

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