Judge blocks Perplexity’s AI agents from shopping on Amazon
TL;DR
A federal judge has issued an order blocking Perplexity's web browser-based AI agents from placing Amazon orders on a user's behalf, as reported earlier by Bloomberg.
Key Points
- In a ruling on Monday, US District Judge Maxine Chesney writes that Amazon has "provided strong evidence" that Perplexity's Comet browser accesses user accounts "without authorization" from the retail giant.
- Amazon sued Perplexity in November, alleging that it "repeatedly requested" that the AI startup stop letting its agents buy products for customers.
Nauti's Take
A judge just put Perplexity's agentic shopping dreams on ice. Amazon doesn't want AI middlemen cutting into its customer relationship – and now it has the courts backing that up.
Agentic commerce just hit its first major legal wall.
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