AWS Bedrock updated its Service Terms to introduce a new AWS (new) program and restructured billing and project management terms. The update adds new provisions governing project creation, team member access, content ownership for contributed team content, and spend limits with account suspension authority. The change also removed prior payment method requirements for Amazon Bio Discovery and AWS Builder ID, while introducing explicit spend limit enforcement mechanisms that can pause or close accounts.
Project owners: If you own a project and invite team members, you must share billing and activity data with them.
Project owners: You are liable for what your team members do and must manage who can access what.
Users with spend limits enabled: If you hit your spend limit and don't reactivate, AWS can permanently close your account and delete your data.
Project team members: If you contribute content as a team member, the project owner owns it and can let other team members use it.
Users: You cannot use spend limits if you are handling health data, government information, or critical systems.
Amazon Bio Discovery users: Payment method requirements for Amazon Bio Discovery have changed; prior grandfathering language was removed.
The updated terms establish a new project-based service structure for AWS (new) users, effective August 17, 2026, with new rules governing team member access and content ownership. Users who enable spend limits agree that AWS may suspend their account or project access upon reaching their limit, and may permanently close the account or project if not reactivated within an unspecified timeframe. Contributed content by team members becomes the project owner's property and is subject to a nonexclusive irrevocable license granted to all project members. You can configure AI services opt-out policies through AWS Settings; project owners can manage team member permissions and access controls.
→ Review spend limit settings if enabled; understand that account suspension and closure occur upon limit breach without a specified reactivation period.
→ If using AWS (new) projects with team members, understand that contributed team member content becomes project owner's property and is subject to nonexclusive irrevocable licensing to all project members.
→ Configure AI services opt-out policy through AWS Settings if desired.
ConductAtlas has recorded 12 material changes to this document over 100 days of monitoring (since May 2026). An additional minor or cosmetic changes were excluded.
6 of AWS Bedrock's significant changes have been classified as negative for consumers.
AWS may suspend account access upon spend limit breach and permanently close account and delete content if not reactivated, without specifying a reactivation timeline.
Contributed content by team members becomes project owner's property; contributors grant nonexclusive irrevocable license to all project members.
Project owners are responsible for conduct of invited team members and maintenance of user permissions for data security.
This change record describes what was added, removed, or modified in the document. Analysis reflects what the updated agreement states or permits. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Applicability may vary by jurisdiction. Methodology
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