In May 2026 Anthropic, OpenAI and Intuit pushed AI agents into accounting tools and bank data, automating the first-pass work firms can no longer staff.

In May 2026 Google handed ad campaigns to an AI agent and OpenAI opened ChatGPT ads to small budgets, as customers get answers from AI.

Markets stopped rewarding AI layoffs, Google triggered a model price war, Washington shelved AI oversight, and Europe's energy costs priced it out of the buildout.

Anthropic put legal AI inside the tools small firms already use for roughly $20 a seat, while Carta launched an AI-first law firm.