Court halts Perplexity AI agents from Amazon shopping amid authorization concerns
TL;DR
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking Perplexity’s Comet AI browser from placing Amazon orders on user accounts, citing strong evidence of unauthorized access. Perplexity must stop accessing Amazon and destroy any data it obtained, with seven days to appeal, as Amazon continues its lawsuit over the Comet agent-shopping feature.
- Judge orders Perplexity to stop AI agents from shopping on Amazon The Verge
- Amazon wins court order to block Perplexity's AI shopping agent CNBC
- Amazon Wins Court Order Blocking Perplexity’s AI Shopping Bots Bloomberg.com
- Amazon wins order blocking access for Perplexity's AI shopping 'agent' Reuters
- Perplexity AI appeals preliminary injunction blocking AI agent on Amazon MLex
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