https://agenticweb.wiki/news/2026-09-07T00:00:00Z https://agenticweb.wiki/news/#item-2026-09-04-webmcp-published-as-a-draft-community-group-report2026-09-04T00:00:00Z

The W3C Web Machine Learning Community Group published a 4 September 2026 draft of WebMCP, the browser API for pages to expose tools to agents.

https://agenticweb.wiki/news/#item-2026-09-01-ietf-webbotauth-working-group-adopts-the-http-signature-draf2026-09-01T00:00:00Z

draft-ietf-webbotauth-httpsig-protocol-00 replaced the individual Web Bot Auth draft as a working-group document.

https://agenticweb.wiki/news/#item-2026-08-26-agentic-resource-discovery-v0-91-published2026-08-26T00:00:00Z

The ARD specification reached v0.91, with the manifest served at /.well-known/ard.json.

https://agenticweb.wiki/news/#item-2026-08-25-universal-commerce-protocol-documentation-released2026-08-25T00:00:00Z

The UCP site published its core-concepts documentation, dated 25 August 2026, with Shopping, Lodging and Food tracks.

https://agenticweb.wiki/news/#item-2026-08-12-iab-tech-lab-publishes-artf-v1-02026-08-12T00:00:00Z

The Agentic RTB Framework reached v1.0 and IAB Tech Lab reported production use by unnamed companies.

https://agenticweb.wiki/news/#item-2026-08-07-chrome-documents-a-webmcp-origin-trial2026-08-07T00:00:00Z

Chrome's developer documentation described a WebMCP origin trial running from Chrome 149.

https://agenticweb.wiki/news/#item-2026-07-30-iab-tech-lab-releases-aamp-2-32026-07-30T00:00:00Z

AAMP 2.3 added infrastructure and privacy-diligence components contributed by AWS, HyperMindZ, Mixpeek, SafeGuard Privacy and Adform.

https://agenticweb.wiki/news/#item-2026-07-28-model-context-protocol-2026-07-28-specification-revision2026-07-28T00:00:00Z

MCP published a new dated specification revision, the current version of the protocol.

https://agenticweb.wiki/news/#item-2026-07-14-x402-foundation-becomes-operational-under-the-linux-foundati2026-07-14T00:00:00Z

The Linux Foundation announced the operational launch of the x402 Foundation to standardise internet-native payments for agents.

https://agenticweb.wiki/news/#item-2026-06-26-first-web-bot-auth-http-signature-draft-published-at-the-iet2026-06-26T00:00:00Z

draft-meunier-webbotauth-httpsig-protocol-00 set out how a bot signs requests with RFC 9421 HTTP message signatures.

https://agenticweb.wiki/news/#item-2026-06-17-google-announces-the-agentic-resource-discovery-specificatio2026-06-17T00:00:00Z

Google's developer blog announced ARD, a well-known manifest listing the resources a site offers agents.

https://agenticweb.wiki/news/#item-2026-04-17-agentic-commerce-protocol-dated-specification-2026-04-172026-04-17T00:00:00Z

ACP published its 2026-04-17 dated specification, maintained by OpenAI, Stripe and Meta.

https://agenticweb.wiki/news/#item-2026-03-05-mastercard-announces-verifiable-intent2026-03-05T00:00:00Z

Mastercard set out Verifiable Intent, a credential format for proving what a user asked an agent to buy.

https://agenticweb.wiki/news/#item-2026-01-27-open-semantic-interchange-specifications-finalised2026-01-27T00:00:00Z

Snowflake reported that the Open Semantic Interchange specifications had been finalised by the initiative's partners.

https://agenticweb.wiki/news/#item-2025-10-14-visa-introduces-the-trusted-agent-protocol2025-10-14T00:00:00Z

Visa announced the Trusted Agent Protocol, a framework for merchants to recognise and trust shopping agents.