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Notes from our engineers on agents, data platforms and the rules your industry runs under, written to answer the question you came with.

8 articles

  1. Healthcare

    How to build a prior authorization agent that meets the CMS rules for 2026 and 2027

    What CMS-0057-F requires in 2026 and 2027, who must review a denial, and how to build a prior authorization agent on Google Cloud with nurse approval.

    11 minute read

  2. Healthcare

    How to get ready for Gemini for healthcare while it is in preview

    Gemini for healthcare is in US preview for Gemini Enterprise Standard and Plus. Here is what the BAA and Pre-GA terms mean for PHI, and what to do in 90 days.

    10 minute read

  3. AI agents

    How to keep protected records out of an AI agent's reach

    Filter in the store, give the agent its own narrow identity, mask identifiers in views, limit who can use it, and count what reached the model on every run.

    6 minute read

  4. AI agents

    How to stop instructions hidden in documents from steering your AI agent

    Narrow tools, fields extracted in code, injection screening with Model Armor, a person approving each action, and planted attacks, shown in our AML demo.

    5 minute read

  5. Data platforms

    How to use BigQuery and Databricks together on one copy of your data

    Use BigQuery for SQL and BI, add Databricks for Spark and ML, and share one copy of your data through Iceberg and catalog federation. Checked Nov 11, 2026.

    11 minute read

  6. Gemini Enterprise

    How we put one workflow live on Gemini Enterprise in 30 days

    Week by week, the licences, identity, roles, data access, testing and go-live gates that put one workflow live on Gemini Enterprise, and what sets the real date.

    9 minute read

  7. AI agents

    How we test an AI agent before it does real work

    An answer key written first, repeated runs, a prompt-only control on the same model, refusal tests and code that checks every number. With our run results.

    10 minute read

  8. Financial services

    What examiners will ask about the AI agent in your AML investigations

    OCC 2026-54 lists AML alert disposition as a high-risk AI use. Here is what examiners will ask about an investigation agent, the SAR clock and SAR drafts.

    10 minute read

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