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Edition 029

AI agents just gained a common language for machines.

Anthropic has opened a research preview of the Model Hardware Standard, a model-agnostic specification that lets AI agents discover, monitor and operate programmable physical equipment through common drivers. Early partners have connected microscopes, liquid handlers, robotic arms and quantum-computing lasers, reducing some integrations from weeks or months to hours or days.