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AI Clean Rooms

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Source: openweb-ui Let’s talk about AI Clean Rooms…. Last year we talked about the hidden value in a company’s data assets for AI in a post called 🤷‍♂️What do Chicken Wings and Steak Tips Have To Do With AI? Everything!😀 . The premise of that post was that AI efforts can thrive on context and domain-specific data. However, one of the challenges to leveraging internal data was the principle mode employees use for interacting with AI occurs via public chat agents. Sharing Your Intellectual Property Publicly Let’s start with a simple truth: AI services like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini are incredible, but they are public tools built for everyone. That’s their strength — and their limitation. Your employees, contractors, or partners should never be using these public, general-purpose chatbots to analyze your company’s marketing performance, financial reports, strategy, …but it is likely happening. Sensitive, internal intellectual property (“IP”) is leaking into t...

Understanding Deferred Transactions in Amazon Seller Central

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Amazon Seller Deferred Transactions A deferred transaction refers to a sale where the payment is temporarily held and will be paid out at a future date. Amazon reserves funds from your sales until a specific number of days after your shipments are delivered. What Are Deferred Transactions? Deferred transactions are sales proceeds that Amazon holds until certain conditions are met. These conditions typically involve ensuring that the buyer has received the order in the promised condition and that there are sufficient funds to cover potential returns, claims, or chargebacks. Reasons for Transaction Deferral Transactions may be deferred for the following reasons: Delivery Date Policy (Orders Awaiting Delivery): Orders placed by customers are typically subject to delivery date-based reserve policies. Sales proceeds are reserved until Amazon confirms that the buyer received the order in the promised condition. This policy ensures that a Seller has sufficient funds to fulfill any re...