OpenAI's National Community Compact Targets Data Center Backlash

OpenAI Bans NDAs With Public Officials in New Data Center Compact
Amazon Opens Text-Based Alexa Shopping to Select U.S. Customers
Voters Back Data Center Restrictions in 40 of 41 Ballot Measures

A Eye on AI - 12:31 PM
OpenAI's National Community Compact leads this briefing: the company says it will stop using NDAs with public officials on data center deals and make future compute campuses pay their own power costs. We also cover Amazon's text-based Alexa for Shopping agent, the 2026 midterms' data center ballot measures and Meta's warning that construction gets harder, Airbnb's planned 2027 AI travel agent, and OpenAI's ChatGPT Cyber model for vulnerability hunting, including Linux kernel and Firefox findings.

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- TechCrunch AI: https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/06/after-blocking-muse-amazon-now-lets-users-text-alexa-to-help-them-shop/
- The Verge AI: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1028587/amazon-alexa-shopping-ai-text-orders
- TechCrunch AI: https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/05/airbnb-says-its-launching-an-ai-travel-agent-in-the-first-half-of-2027/
- The Verge AI: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1028412/airbnb-ai-travel-agent-q3-2026-earnings
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