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- Amazon has been accused of using seller data to create competing products like Amazon Basics, despite denying the allegations.
- Merchants who sell on Amazon risk exposing their operational data to the platform, which could use it for competitive advantage.
- Anthropic's Claude Design tool raised conflict-of-interest concerns when its CPO resigned from Figma's board shortly before its launch.
- Companies using AI tools may inadvertently share proprietary data with AI providers, who could become competitors.
- Historical examples show that access to aggregated business data (e.g., from Zendesk) can provide insights that lead to new features or competing products.