Field notes on AI, security, and scale
Practical white papers and essays for business and IT leaders — governance, shadow AI, and the guardrails that keep adoption safe. Written from the field, hosted by Courser.
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White papers & essays
Field notes on AI governance, security, and readiness — from the Courser network.
64% of Copilot licensees stopped using it
The Copilot adoption crisis and the shadow AI explosion are not two separate problems. They are one compounding risk — and most organizations have no playbook for it.
Read the essayThe detection gap in Agent 365 that most IT managers miss
Agent 365 detects shadow AI in your Microsoft tenant — but only on Intune-enrolled Windows devices. What it misses, the signal already in your Entra ID, and a 30-minute audit.
Read the essayCan your business pass an AI governance audit?
85% of organizations have integrated AI, yet only 43% have a governance policy. What an acceptable use policy actually contains, and five steps to build one before you deploy.
Read the essayThe Billable-Hour Paradox: The Rule That Decides Who Profits From AI
ABA Formal Opinion 512 means every hour AI saves an hourly firm is an hour of revenue that disappears. Here's the sequencing move — reprice before you automate — that keeps the gains as margin.
Read the essayThe Small-Firm Sanctions Gap
Solo and small firms adopted AI fastest and govern it least — and they account for roughly 90% of documented AI-hallucination incidents. The gap is closable, and it doesn't start with a ban.
Read the essayWhat the Court Record Actually Shows About Legal AI
The risk conversation around legal AI doesn't need anecdote anymore. Peer-reviewed testing, a growing incident database, and six-figure sanctions point to one precise risk — unreviewed AI output…
Read the essayYour Next Client Asked AI First
The first legal consult is moving into a chat window. Here's what the data says about the AI-first client — and the opening it hands firms that package, price, and disclose their AI use.
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