AWS added a new section (110) to its Service Terms establishing terms for free exploratory technical consulting and advisory services. The updated terms specify that AWS may provide free services including technical assistance, prototypes, and AI engagements, but may discontinue them without notice. The terms establish that users are solely responsible for testing, deployment, and compliance of any deliverables, including AI solutions, and that AWS retains rights to develop similar products based on content created during these engagements.
Developers: You are fully responsible for making sure anything AWS gives you during free consulting actually works and is safe to use.
Developers: You must verify that any AI tools AWS provides comply with laws in your jurisdiction before using them in live operations.
Developers: If you use AWS exploration services in systems that could cause serious harm and something goes wrong, you are fully liable.
Developers: You must set up security controls to prevent AWS staff from accessing your live production systems.
Developers: AWS can stop providing free consulting services whenever it wants without telling you in advance.
The updated terms establish a new framework for AWS free exploration services, including technical consulting, prototypes, and AI engagements. AWS reserves the right to terminate these services at any time without prior notice. Users assume sole responsibility for testing, deployment, compliance, and liability of any deliverables, including AI solutions, and the terms explicitly disclaim AWS liability for use in hazardous or critical systems. AWS also retains the right to develop, use, or sell products similar to work created during these engagements, subject to existing non-disclosure agreements.
→ Review whether any AI solutions or deliverables from AWS exploration services are intended for production or regulated environments and independently verify compliance with applicable laws.
→ Confirm that AWS liability disclaimers and no-notice termination rights do not conflict with your own customer commitments or SLAs.
→ Implement access controls to ensure AWS personnel cannot access your Production Environments.
ConductAtlas has recorded 7 material changes to this document over 51 days of monitoring (since May 2026). An additional minor or cosmetic changes were excluded.
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AWS may discontinue free exploration services at any time without prior notice.
Users are solely responsible for testing, deployment, compliance, and liability of all deliverables and AI solutions, including liability for use in hazardous or critical systems.
AWS retains the right to develop, use, or sell products similar to or related to content created during exploration engagements.
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