Federal Judge Blocks Perplexity AI Shopping Bot from Purchasing on Amazon

Summary

A federal judge has granted Amazon a preliminary injunction against Perplexity AI, blocking the company's Comet browser from conducting automated shopping transactions on Amazon's platform. The ruling represents one of the first significant legal tests of agentic AI commerce — where AI agents autonomously browse, select, and purchase products on behalf of users — and establishes early precedent for how existing terms of service and platform access rights apply to AI-powered purchasing tools. Th