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Anthropic previews MHS standard for AI agents controlling machines

Anthropic previewed the Model Hardware Standard, a standard that lets AI agents control machines such as microscopes. It was developed with medical research institute HHMI and is accessible to a limited number of users so far.

First seen 28 Aug, 00:19 UTC on SiliconANGLE2 sourcesLast update 52d ago

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SiliconANGLE· 28 Aug, 00:19Anthropic previews MHS standard for AI agents that operate machinesThe Decoder· 29 Aug, 09:14Anthropic wants to do for physical hardware what its Model Context Protocol did for software

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28 Aug 00:19SiliconANGLE Anthropic previews MHS standard for AI agents that operate machines29 Aug 09:14The Decoder Anthropic wants to do for physical hardware what its Model Context Protocol did for software

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