Google Deep Research Max costs $4.80/report and uses MCP to connect to private data stores. Independent 7-task testing shows the cheaper tier wins 5 of 7.
Google's Deep Research Max adds MCP support for private data access on top of Gemini 3.1 Pro—DeepSearchQA 93.3%, HLE 54.6%, at ~$4.80/report versus $1.22 for standard tier.
Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) launches an open Apache 2.0 spec for AI agent commerce—checkout, identity, payments—transport-agnostic across REST, MCP, and A2A.
ACP (Agent Client Protocol) gains momentum: Zed's Codex ACP adapter and DeepChat's native ACP integration signal a second standard is consolidating alongside MCP.
AWS-backed Kiro IDE launches with spec-driven development, agent hooks, Skills, Powers, and MCP integration — available now on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Anthropic's leaked Conway project details an always-on, event-driven agent environment with sidebar UI, webhook triggers, and deep MCP integration.
Apple Intelligence will support MCP for third-party tool connections on macOS and iOS.
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