Model Context Protocol (MCP) stories

Enterprises brace for a cautious 2026, rolling back risky AI pilots and recasting generative tools as governed, human-supervised teammates.

Conversational AI agents are poised to become lawyers’ primary interface to knowledge, automating complex workflows while humans oversee quality.

UiPath and Talkdesk are teaming up to fuse agentic AI, streamlining document-heavy healthcare contact centre workflows and cutting errors.

Backslash launches MCP Security to monitor AI coding agents on developer machines, tackling data leaks, prompt injection and privilege abuse.

Music tech boss Con Raso predicts AI, anti-fraud tools and fan-powered models will reshape streaming, gaming and DSP catalogues by 2026.

Progress launches agentic AI tools in Telerik and Kendo UI to auto-generate production-ready screens and boost developer productivity.

Snowflake doubles AWS Marketplace sales to top USD $2 billion in 2025, underscoring surging enterprise demand for integrated data and AI tools.

Microsoft fixes a Windows zero-day used in attacks and Office flaws that can execute code when emails are merely received or previewed.

In 2026, identity emerges as the critical control point as autonomous AI, fragile machine trust and weak governance collide.

Netskope adds Model Context Protocol controls to its One platform, giving security teams new tools to monitor and lock down AI agent traffic.

Check Point updates Quantum firewall with AI-aware controls, aiming to curb data leakage, model abuse and new automated cyber attacks.

Informatica enhances its Intelligent Data Management Cloud with deeper AWS integration, boosting AI agent capabilities for improved data governance and accuracy.

The Centre for Internet Security teams up with Astrix and Cequence Security to develop AI agent security guidance, addressing new risks from AI adoption.

Informatica teams up with AWS to launch new tools enhancing trusted AI agents with improved data governance and integration for enterprises.

Radiant Logic launches AI-driven RadiantOne platform update, enhancing identity security with real-time remediation and continuous risk monitoring across systems.

Insurers face mounting cyber risks as widespread AI and Model Context Protocol adoption create new vulnerabilities and systemic threats to portfolios.

AI development will prioritise technical applications in 2026, with slower consumer rollout due to integration challenges and security concerns across sectors.

KnowBe4 predicts agentic AI, quantum computing, and cybercrime evolution will reshape global cybersecurity and workforce practices in 2026.

Ken Yagen joins CData as Chief Product Officer to lead product strategy and boost AI-native connectivity across enterprise business systems.

AI agents are now active participants in enterprise systems, requiring continuous quality intelligence to ensure safe, reliable autonomous behaviour over time.