{"slug": "what-your-vendor-contracts-are-quietly-authorizing", "title": "​What Your Vendor Contracts Are Quietly Authorizing", "summary": "Forbes Councils Member Matthew Sole warns that vendor contracts often quietly authorize AI to perform actions beyond what buyers expect, urging businesses to scrutinize terms to avoid unintended data usage or liability.", "body_md": "# What Your Vendor Contracts Are Quietly Authorizing\n\nBy Matthew Sole, Forbes Councils MemberSource:\n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)The key issue is not whether AI is involved in your contract workflow, but whether you understand what you have authorized it to do.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/what-your-vendor-contracts-are-quietly-authorizing", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/what-your-vendor-contracts-are-quietly-authorizing-3a93", "published_at": "2026-07-21 10:15:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-21 12:06:44.254011+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Forbes", "Matthew Sole"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/what-your-vendor-contracts-are-quietly-authorizing", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/what-your-vendor-contracts-are-quietly-authorizing.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/what-your-vendor-contracts-are-quietly-authorizing.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/what-your-vendor-contracts-are-quietly-authorizing.jsonld"}}