Hub of the Universe, Indeed

Rather than treating [AI agents] as something to block wholesale, or something to embrace without guardrails, Boston is experimenting with a middle path: build a governed, secure, and reliable layer that mediates how AI agent systems interact with government resources. In a recent interview, Boston’s chief information officer, Santi Garces, described why the city is investing in the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as that layer; why they’re starting with open data as a low-risk proving ground; how they’re improving reliability by pushing computation into the data portal itself; and what it would take for MCP-like infrastructure to become replicable digital public infrastructure that other cities can deploy.

— “AI agents are coming for government. How one big city is letting them in,” Fast Company

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