AWS Bedrock updated its Service Terms to introduce a new 'AWS (new)' sign-up option available from August 17, 2026, which organizes accounts into AWS projects within an AWS organization structure. The updated terms establish new rules for project owners and team members, including automatic disclosure of billing and profile information, shared content licensing, and spend limit controls that can suspend or permanently close accounts. The terms also removed language about free access to Amazon Bio Discovery without a payment method and added comprehensive spend limit provisions that allow AWS to suspend or close accounts if spending thresholds are exceeded.
Project owners: When you invite someone to your project, you automatically share your billing details and activity logs with them.
Project owners: You are liable for what team members do on your project and must manage their access rights.
Team members: When you join a project as a team member, your profile and activity are visible to the project owner.
Consumers: If you hit your spending limit and don't reactivate your account, AWS can close it permanently and delete your data.
Consumers: AWS can restrict your ability to use spend limits if it suspects fraud or abuse.
Consumers: You can no longer access Amazon Bio Discovery for free; AWS can require a payment method at any time.
The updated terms establish a new project-based account structure for new AWS sign-ups, requiring automatic disclosure of billing and project activity to team members and granting AWS authority to suspend or permanently close accounts if spend limits are exceeded. Project owners become responsible for the conduct of invited team members and the content they contribute, which becomes the project owner's property under a nonexclusive license shared with all project members. The terms also introduce spend limit controls that allow AWS to suspend access immediately and permanently close accounts if spending thresholds are repeatedly exceeded or if AWS determines the use is fraudulent or abusive. You can configure AI services opt-out policies through AWS Settings.
→ Review the new AWS (new) sign-up option and project structure before August 17, 2026 to determine whether to adopt it or continue with existing account structures.
→ If adopting the new project structure, configure spend limits and AI services opt-out policies through AWS Settings.
→ If inviting team members to a project, understand that billing and project activity will be automatically disclosed to them.
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.
5 of AWS Bedrock's significant changes have been classified as negative for consumers.
New sign-ups are organized into AWS projects within an AWS organization; project owners must disclose billing and activity to team members; contributed content becomes project owner's property under nonexclusive license.
AWS may suspend access or permanently close accounts if spend limits are exceeded and not reactivated; AWS may limit spend limit use if spending is repeatedly exceeded or if use is determined to be fraudulent or abusive.
Removed language permitting free access to Amazon Bio Discovery without a payment method; AWS can now require a payment method at any time.
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