AI Agents

Anthropic and FIS are pushing AI agents into banking, compliance, research, and finance operations, turning enterprise AI from pilot work into a controls test.

Microsoft Agent 365 became generally available on May 1, giving enterprise IT teams a clearer way to observe, govern, and secure AI agents.

Citi’s Arc platform makes the AI-agent race more concrete for enterprise buyers: access, monitoring, and accountability now matter as much as model choice.

This week's Cloud Next and enterprise survey signals point to a sharper dividing line in AI buying. Buyers no longer need another demo. They need agents that can run for longer, stay governed, and still be trusted when work stops being linear.

OpenAI launched GPT-5.5 on April 23, 2026, with stronger long-context, coding, and tool-use results, a wider Codex push, and a tighter safety posture that makes the version bump more consequential than it first looks.