"Amazon claimed bots doing the buying "degraded" the shopping and customer service experience. More important, fewer human eyes on the products could mean a loss of advertising revenue. Amazon has its own bots to help users decide what to buy, but with Perplexity's agentic buyer, users aren't required to log into the platform."
""We believe users have the right to choose their own AI," a Perplexity spokesperson said after the recent ruling. "Perplexity will keep fighting for that right." The company had earlier criticized Amazon for trying to block methods for users attempting to get around "the pervasive advertising Amazon bombards" them with."
"Amazon's lawyers invoked the 1986 federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which prohibits unauthorized access to computer systems. The company also alleged Perplexity had breached California state anti-hacking law. Perplexity pushed back, arguing that its agent wasn't directly accessing Amazon's systems; instead, it said, users themselves were doing so."
A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel temporarily suspended a California judge's order that prohibited Perplexity AI from operating its Comet shopping agent on Amazon's marketplace. Amazon had issued a cease-and-desist letter claiming the AI bots degraded customer experience and reduced advertising revenue. Amazon invoked the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and California anti-hacking laws, arguing unauthorized access occurred. Perplexity countered that users, not the company, accessed Amazon's systems, and defended users' right to choose their own AI tools. The appeals court indicated the suspension is temporary, with a more permanent decision forthcoming after additional scrutiny.
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