Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA launch open ARD standard, OpenAI, Anthropic absent
Google, Microsoft, and NVIDIA just launched Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD), an open standard that makes it way easier for AI agents to find and use online tools, not just the ones they're already linked to.
Interestingly, OpenAI and Anthropic aren't part of this project.
Registries index ai-catalog.json listings
With ARD, organizations can list their AI resources in special files (think: ai-catalog.json) on their websites. Registries then index these lists so AI agents can discover them, kind of like how DNS helps you find websites.
Early adopters like GitHub and Hugging Face are already on board.
The spec is an open specification licensed under Apache 2.0 and decentralized, but there are some security concerns since it could make domains more tempting targets for hackers.
If you're curious or want to check out the details yourself, everything's up at AgenticResourceDiscovery.org.