Marcus SchulerGoogle published the Open Knowledge Format on June 12, a markdown standard for AI-agent knowledge. Same day, it wired OKF into its paid Knowledge Catalog. The strategy: give away the portable file format, route demand toward the proprietary serving layer. https://www.implicator.ai/google-open-sources-a-knowledge-format-and-wires-it-into-its-catalog/ #AI #OpenStandards #GoogleCloud
Google Open-Sources OKF, a Markdown Format for AI Agents
Google's Open Knowledge Format makes AI-agent knowledge a free, vendor-neutral markdown standard. The same day it shipped, Google wired the format into the Knowledge Catalog it charges to run, and the spec leaves the paid serving layer out of scope. Openness, it turns out, is the strategy.