GPAI and the EU AI Act: what MCP server builders owe
What the EU AI Act reaches when you ship an MCP server: GPAI duties, Article 50 transparency, the Article 25(4) value-chain rule, and the post-Omnibus dates.
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Scoring philosophy, MCP security, and what changed this week.
Agentic payments: what an agent can verify before paying
What a paying agent can check about the party it pays. The AP2, ACP, UCP and x402 layers, what each refuses to do, and what the attacks break.
AI agent identity: the standards that actually ship
There is no single AI agent identity standard. Four layers solve four different problems, and MCP has shipped exactly one of them. A field guide.
Best AI agents 2026: compared by what you can verify
Eleven AI agents compared on where tool calls run, what each asks before acting, and how far MCP support goes. Every figure links to its source.
MCP vs ACP: different layers, and three ACPs
ACP means at least three things. For the Agent Client Protocol the answer is that it sits above MCP, not against it. Which ACP you mean, and how they stack.
MCP vs LangChain: framework, protocol, or both?
LangChain is a framework you build with. MCP is a protocol you connect over. They compose rather than compete, through an official adapter per language.
MCP vs agents: the difference, and do you need both?
An agent is a program that decides what to do. MCP is how it reaches the things it acts on. How the two layers relate, and the real decision underneath.
MCP vs function calling: they are not rivals
Function calling is how a model asks for a tool. MCP is how that tool got there. Where the two meet, and what MCP adds once you have more than a few.
MCP gateway: what it solves, and what it hides
What an MCP gateway or proxy actually does, when aggregating servers behind a single endpoint is worth it, and the per-server provenance you give up.
MCP vs CLI: which should your coding agent use, and when?
Token cost, composability and blast radius. When a documented CLI beats an MCP server for coding agents, when it loses, and how to weigh the security trade.
MCP vs A2A: what each protocol lets you inspect
A2A vs MCP, compared by what each one lets you see. MCP connects an agent to tools through schemas you can inspect. A2A connects agents as opaque peers.