US EditionAmazon sues Perplexity over 'agentic' shopping tool
Amazon accuses Perplexity AI of computer fraud and seeks to block Comet AI browser's purchase feature, citing degraded service and protecting its business model.
- Perplexity AI accused Amazon of "bullying" after receiving a legal threat demanding it stop allowing users to make purchases on Amazon through its AI assistant Comet.
- Amazon said it has requested Perplexity remove Amazon from the Comet experience due to the "significantly degraded shopping and customer service experience it provides".
- Perplexity called Amazon's move a threat to user choice and the future of AI assistants.
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Perplexity Gets Legal Threat From Amazon Over AI Agent Helping Users Shop
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der Standard DEPerplexity's new browser allows AI agents to shop on the shopping site. Amazon wants to legally prevent this
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