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The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Apr 17, 2025 · 46 min

MCP, Agents and What AI Engineers Are Thinking About Right Now feat. Swyx

What's at the top of AI engineers' minds? Swyx, organizer of the AI Engineer Summit and host of Latent Space, joins us to discuss MCP (Model Context Protocol), the rise of AI agents, and how the role of AI engineers is evolving. Find our guest online: https://x.com/swyx https://www.ai.engineer/ https://www.latent.space/ Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/AIDailyBrief⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Brought to you by: KPMG – Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://kpmg.com/ai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions. Vanta - Simplify compliance - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://vanta.com/nlw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Plumb - The Automation Platform for AI Experts - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://useplumb.com/nlw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://besuper.ai/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠to request your company's agent readiness score. The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown

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What's at the top of AI engineers' minds? Swyx, organizer of the AI Engineer Summit and host of Latent Space, joins us to discuss MCP (Model Context Protocol), the rise of AI agents, and how the role of AI engineers is evolving.


Find our guest online:

https://x.com/swyx

https://www.ai.engineer/

https://www.latent.space/


Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/AIDailyBrief⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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KPMG – Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://kpmg.com/ai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.

Vanta - Simplify compliance - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://vanta.com/nlw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Plumb - The Automation Platform for AI Experts - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://useplumb.com/nlw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://besuper.ai/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠to request your company's agent readiness score.

The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown

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