Amazon sues Perplexity over 'agentic' shopping tool

Amazon sues Perplexity over AI shopping agents

The mass e-commerce company — which alleges Comet agents are covertly making purchases for users — is open to third-party agentic commerce, but on its own terms.

Amazon, Perplexity, and the future of AI shopping assistants

The e-commerce giant claims Perplexity's Comet is eroding its customer experience - while pushing its own AI shopping agent.

Amazon sues Perplexity over ‘agentic’ shopping tool, accusing the AI startup of covertly accessing customer accounts - Tech Startups

Amazon accuses Perplexity of disguising its AI agent as a human shopper. Perplexity fires back, calling Amazon’s lawsuit an act of corporate bullying. The case spotlights a fast-growing clash over how AI “agents” interact with online platforms. AI startup Perplexity […] The post Amazon sues Perplexity over ‘agentic’ shopping tool, accusing the AI startup of covertly accessing customer accounts first appeared on Tech Startups.

Perplexity cries ‘bully’ over Amazon’s legal threats

Perplexity accused Amazon of “bullying” in a blog post Tuesday, responding to a cease-and-desist letter from the e-commerce site regarding its agentic shopping feature that makes purchases on users’ behalf.“This isn’t a reasonable legal position, it’s a bully tactic to scare disruptive companies like Perplexity out of making life better for people,” the post read. It argued that Amazon prioritizes serving ads, sponsored posts, and upselling user…

Amazon Demands That AI Browser Stop Automatically Shopping on Behalf of Users

With more money flowing into AI development than ever before, web browsers powered by autonomous “AI agents” are hitting the market like crazy. One of the most popular is Comet, offered by the startup Perplexity. Though Comet promises to organize your emails, summarize webpages, and automate your searches, it’s not without some glaring ethical and security flaws. And if you are reckless enough to use it for some online shopping, not even the wor…

Amazon warns Perplexity with cease-and-desist over AI shopping agent

Perplexity's Comet AI browser, which launched earlier this year, combines real-time search, privacy tools, and an intelligent assistant capable of automating user tasks, including online shopping.Read Entire Article