AI Update, May 2026: GPT-5.5, Agent-Native Software, Headless SaaS, and the Compute‑Powered Economy
AI is shifting from passive text generators to active agents that plan, execute, and iterate on multi-step tasks. This week, OpenAI’s positioning of GPT-5.5 as the backbone of a “compute-powered economy,” Salesforce’s move to fully headless APIs, Google’s reimagined search experience, and Mistral’s orchestration push all point to the same conclusion: the interface is becoming…