Wiley has announced plans for a strategic partnership with Anthropic, an artificial intelligence research and development company with an emphasis on responsible AI. 

Wiley is adopting the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard created by Anthropic, which aims to enable seamless integration between authoritative, peer-reviewed content and AI tools across multiple platforms. Beginning with a pilot program, and subject to definitive agreement, Wiley and Anthropic will work to ensure university partners have streamlined, enhanced access to their Wiley research content. 

Another key focus of the partnership is to establish standards for how AI tools properly integrate scientific journal content into results while providing appropriate context for users, including author attribution and citations. 

“The future of research lies in ensuring that high-quality, peer-reviewed content remains central to AI-powered discovery,” said Josh Jarrett, Senior Vice President of AI Growth at Wiley. “Through this partnership, Wiley is not only setting the standard for how academic publishers integrate trusted scientific content with AI platforms but is also creating a scalable solution that other institutions and publishers can adopt. By adopting MCP, we’re demonstrating our commitment to interoperability and helping to ensure authoritative, peer-reviewed research will be discoverable in an increasingly AI-driven landscape.”

The announcement coincides with Anthropic’s broader Claude for Education initiative, which highlights new partnerships and tools designed to amplify teaching, learning, administration and research in higher education. 

“We’re excited to partner with Wiley to explore how AI can accelerate and enhance access to scientific research,” said Lauren Collett, who leads Higher Education partnerships at Anthropic. “This collaboration demonstrates our commitment to building AI that amplifies human thinking—enabling students to access peer-reviewed content with Claude, enhancing learning and discovery while maintaining proper citation standards and academic integrity.”

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Tax solutions provider Avalara announced the release of its newest AI offering, Avi for Tax Research, a generative AI-based solution that will now be embedded in Avalara Tax Research. The model is trained on Avalara’s own data, gathered over two decades, which the bot will use for contextually aware, data-driven answers to complex tax questions. 

“The tax compliance industry is at the dawn of unprecedented innovation driven by rapid advancements in AI,” says Danny Fields, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Avalara. “Avalara’s technology mission is to equip customers with reliable, intuitive tools that simplify their work and accelerate business outcomes.”

Avi for Tax, specifically, offers the ability to instantly check the tax status of products and services using plain language queries to receive trusted, clearly articulated responses grounded in Avalara’s tax database. Users can also access real-time official guidance that supports defensible tax positions and enables proactive adaptation to evolving tax regulations, as well as  quickly obtain precise sales tax rates tailored to specific street addresses to facilitate compliance accuracy down to local jurisdictional levels. The solution comes with an intuitive conversational interface that allows even those without tax backgrounds to use the tool. 

For existing users of Avi Tax Research, the AI solution is available now with no additional setup required. New customers can sign up for a free trial today. 

The announcement comes shortly after Avalara announced new application programming interfaces for its 1099 and W-9 solutions, allowing companies to embed their compliance workflows into their existing ERP, accounting, e-commerce or marketplace platforms. An API is a type of software bridge that allows two computer systems to directly communicate with each other using a predefined set of definitions and protocols. Any software integration depends on API access to function. Avalara’s API access enables users to directly collect W-9 forms from vendors; validate tax IDs against IRS databases; confirm mailing addresses with the U.S. Postal Service; electronically file 1099 forms with the IRS and states; and deliver recipient copies from one central location. Avalara’s new APIs allow for e-filing of 1099s with the IRS without even creating a FIRE account.