Amazon abandons data center NDA, AI agent asks for credit card
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Amazon says it will stop using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) when negotiating data center deals with local governments, following a similar move by Microsoft earlier this year. The report says confidentiality practices have intensified community opposition to AI infrastructure, with hundreds of proposed and enacted moratoriums from New York to San Francisco. Meanwhile, a batch of startups are betting that consumers will let AI agents access their inboxes, files, and credit cards, provided websites will allow it.
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Amazon says it will stop using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in negotiations with local governments over data center deals, following a similar move by Microsoft earlier this year. The secrecy practices have fueled community opposition to AI infrastructure, with hundreds of proposed and enacted moratoriums from New York to San Francisco. Meanwhile, a batch of startups are betting that consumers will let AI agents access their inboxes, files, and credit cards, provided they can get websites to allow it.
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