Amazon Wins Court Order to Block Perplexity AI Shopping Bots

Perplexity has filed for appeal.
Amazon Wins Court Order to Block Perplexity AI Shopping Bots
Screens displaying the logo of AI software company Perplexity AI. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images
Mary Prenon
Mary Prenon
Freelance Reporter
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E-commerce goliath Amazon scored a temporary victory in its attempt to secure a court order blocking artificial intelligence (AI) robot agents from accessing its website.

According to court documents, Amazon’s dispute with Perplexity, a San Francisco-based private AI firm, involved the alleged unauthorized use of Perplexity’s Comet web browsers’ AI function to access password-protected sections of Amazon.

Mary Prenon
Mary Prenon
Freelance Reporter
Mary T. Prenon covers real estate and business. She has been a writer and reporter for over 25 years with various print and broadcast media in New York.