Bloomberg Technology·2 min read
Amazon Wins Court Order Blocking Perplexity AI Shopping Bots
Court halts Perplexity AI's shopping bot activities on Amazon.

A court has ordered Perplexity AI Inc. to stop using its Comet web browser agent to make purchases on Amazon.com, following a lawsuit filed by Amazon in November. The lawsuit accused Perplexity of committing computer fraud by not disclosing when the bot was shopping on behalf of customers and ignoring requests from Amazon to cease its activities.
Key Takeaways
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A court ruled that Perplexity AI must stop using its Comet browser agent immediately.
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Amazon's lawsuit accused Perplexity of computer fraud for not disclosing bot usage.
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