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Amazon announced it will no longer require non-disclosure agreements when negotiating deals with local governments. The move mirrors a similar decision by Microsoft earlier in the year and comes after widespread community opposition to AI infrastructure expansion, which has led to hundreds of proposed and enacted moratoriums across cities from New York to San Francisco.
The shift signals that local resistance to AI's physical footprint is having real effects on how major cloud providers operate. At the same time, a new wave of startups is working to make personal practical for everyday consumers, including agents designed to manage financial tasks like credit card access.
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