Federal officials once feared Amazon could train AI on government data

Even the government sometimes freaks out about changes to the terms and conditions. Documents obtained by Fast Company through a public records request show that officials of at least two federal agencies were, at least briefly, anxious about whether Amazon might have been allowed to train its AI using government data. The concerns appear to have been short lived, but the exchange highlights how dependent federal agencies have become on companies like Amazon to host government software and data.