Microsoft envisions ‘agentic web’ of smarter AI systems that collaborate and remember

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Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott previewed the company's focus on interoperable AI agents at the Build conference. He highlighted the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open-source standard enabling agents from different companies to collaborate, envisioning an "agentic web" similar to the early internet. Scott also discussed improving AI agent memory using structured retrieval augmentation, a more efficient method than brute-force memorization, to enhance conversational context and problem-solving.