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9th Circuit reverses injunction and holds Perplexity agentic Assistant did not likely violate CFAA. Users of Perplexity access Amazon
Read more: 9th Circuit reverses injunction and holds Perplexity agentic Assistant did not likely violate CFAA. Users of Perplexity access AmazonThe Ninth Circuit issued a major ruling in Amazon.com v. Perplexity AI. The court of appeals reversed the trial court’s grant of preliminary injunction against Perplexity and its AI-web browser Comet that is based on agentic AI called the Assistant: “When a Comet user directs the Assistant to locate an item on Amazon.com, the Assistant…
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Amazon secures preliminary injunction v. Perplexity’s Comet AI browser from using AI agents to scrape Amazon website. Judge Chesney finds likelihood of success that Perplexity bypasses password-protected site
Read more: Amazon secures preliminary injunction v. Perplexity’s Comet AI browser from using AI agents to scrape Amazon website. Judge Chesney finds likelihood of success that Perplexity bypasses password-protected siteThe scraping wars just got more interesting. Judge Chesney granted Amazon’s motion for a preliminary injunction to stop Perplexity from allegedly using AI agents to bypass Amazon’s password protected website, in order to scrape content from it. But Judge Chesney delayed the injunction by 7 days so Perplexity could appeal the decision to the Ninth…
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Amazon sues Perplexity for alleged violations of Computer Fraud & Abuse Act
Read more: Amazon sues Perplexity for alleged violations of Computer Fraud & Abuse ActAmazon just sued Perplexity AI for allegedly enabling people to use its AI browser agent, Comet, to make purchases on Amazon. Reads the Complaint: “It is about a company that, after repeated notice, chose to disguise an automated “agentic” browser as a human user, to evade Amazon’s technological barriers, and to access private customer accounts without…