"Amazon sued a prominent artificial intelligence startup on Tuesday over a shopping feature in the company's browser, which can automate placing orders for users. Amazon accused Perplexity AI of covertly accessing customer accounts and disguising AI activity as human browsing. Perplexity's misconduct must end, Amazon's lawyers wrote. Perplexity is not allowed to go where it has been expressly told it cannot; that Perplexity's trespass involves code rather than a lockpick makes it no less unlawful."
"In the suit, Amazon accused Perplexity of covertly accessing private Amazon customer accounts through its Comet browser and associated AI agent and of disguising automated activity as human browsing. Perplexity's system posed security risks to customer data, Amazon alleged, and the startup had ignored repeated requests to stop. Rather than be transparent, Perplexity has purposely configured its CometAI software to not identify the Comet AI agent's activities in the Amazon Store, it said."
Amazon filed a lawsuit against Perplexity over a Comet browser shopping feature that can automate placing orders for users. Amazon alleges Perplexity covertly accessed private customer accounts and disguised automated activity as human browsing. Amazon claims the Comet AI agent posed security risks to customer data, ignored repeated requests to stop, and was configured to hide its agent activity in the Amazon Store. Amazon asserts the agent degraded customers' shopping experience and interfered with its tailored shopping systems. Perplexity rejects the claims and accuses Amazon of using market dominance to stifle competition. The case raises regulatory questions about autonomous AI agents and third-party purchasing apps.
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