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Last updated: 08/13/2026
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Technical writing from NSS — research notes, analysis, and arguments we found worth making in public.

DATECATEGORYTITLE
February 27, 2026AIClaude Cowork: Seven Use Cases, ExaminedNEW!
Anthropic's Claude Cowork pushes AI into every department — financial analysis, legal review, HR onboarding, sales automation. A look at which of those use cases hold up in practice.
February 26, 2026AIMapping Where Agentic AI Actually Pays Off
Twelve workflow opportunities across three departments and four priority tiers — a framework for working out where autonomous agents earn their keep, and where they do not.
February 25, 2026AIAgentic AI and CAPEX: Running the Numbers
Legacy workflows lock capital in depreciating assets. Autonomous agents are pitched as the way out, with 30–60% CAPEX reductions claimed. Here is where those numbers come from and what they assume.
November 19, 2025INFRASTRUCTUREOwn or Rent: AI Infrastructure Economics Over Five Years
The total economics of AI infrastructure over five years produce a less obvious picture than either vendor claims. A breakdown of the real costs — cloud versus owned hardware.
November 19, 2025SECURITYFour Regulated Industries Rethinking Cloud AI
Healthcare systems, financial institutions, defense contractors and law firms share one requirement: certainty about where data sits and who can reach it. How each is evaluating its AI posture.
November 18, 2025INFRASTRUCTUREVendor Lock-In When You Build on Someone Else's Models
Everyone built on the Google Maps API, and then the pricing changed overnight. The same dynamics are forming in enterprise AI. How to measure vendor dependency before it becomes structural.
November 3, 2025SECURITYWhere Your Data Actually Goes on a Cloud AI Request
A single AI query can touch infrastructure across several jurisdictions. Tracing that path — and being able to demonstrate it — is a prerequisite for handling sensitive data at all.
October 15, 2025SECURITYIs Your AI Vendor Training on Your Data?
Every interaction with a hosted model leaves a trail of proprietary knowledge somewhere. How to establish what your vendor is actually doing with it, and what your options are.
September 26, 2025SECURITYThe Anthropic Copyright Settlement and Training-Data Liability
Anthropic's copyright settlement raises real questions about liability for training data. What the ruling establishes, and how to think about your own exposure.