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Amazon Wins Court Order Blocking Perplexity AI Shopping Bots

The order requires the firm to stop accessing password-protected sections of Amazon’s systems — in this case, Prime subscriber accounts — and to destroy copies of Amazon’s data.
Tech players are betting on AI agents to help consumers with their shopping.
Courts are being asked to establish guardrails for so-called AI agents that are beginning to handle more complex tasks online for users, including shopping. (Shutterstock)

Perplexity AI Inc. must for now stop using its Comet web browser agent to make purchases on behalf of shoppers from Amazon.com Inc.’s online marketplace, a court ruled this week.

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