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The Judicial Order
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. In a ruling on Monday, US District Judge Maxine Chesney determined that Amazon provided strong evidence of unauthorized access by Perplexity's Comet browser to user accounts.
Amazon has provided strong evidence that Perplexity's Comet browser accesses user accounts without authorization from the retail giant.
Lawsuit Background
Amazon sued Perplexity in November, alleging that it repeatedly requested the AI startup to stop letting its agents buy products for customers. The company accused Perplexity of intruding into its marketplace and user accounts with Comet's agentic shopping feature. Read the full story at The Verge.
