Court blocks Perplexity from using AI agents to shop on Amazon

The company likely violated federal and California computer fraud laws by using its Comet AI browser to access password-protected Amazon accounts without permission from a US federal judge, which has granted Amazon’s request for ‘preliminant injunction against Perplexity’.

Perplexity was ordered to pause its Comet AI agent’s ability to shop on Amazon and destroy any Amazon data obtained through the activity, according to US District Judge Maxine Chesney of the Northern District of California on Monday.

The tool enters password-protected parts of Amazon and the case proceeds through a temporary injunction blocks the tool from entering into its password protected sections while it is being entered by the short-lived infringing indian. Before the injunction takes effect, perplexity is a week to appeal before it can be applied.

Since late last year, the lawsuit has lasted for . According to Amazon’s November complaint, Perplexity’S Comet browser used an AI agent to perform automated actions within user accounts while masquerading as a human Chrome user in its own application.

Earlier, the e-commerce giant said the tool bypassed safeguards, violated its terms of use and continued operating even after the company introduced technical blocks and issued legal warnings.

The court order is preventing Perplexity from using AI agents to access its systems or customer accounts and Amazon claims damages.

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