Amazon v. Perplexity: First Federal Appellate Test of "Agent-as-Visitor" Rights

Summary

This analysis previews the Ninth Circuit oral arguments (scheduled June 11, 2026) in Amazon v. Perplexity. Amazon is suing over Perplexity's Comet browser, which logs into users' Amazon accounts and completes purchases on their behalf; Amazon claims this violates the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and California law *even when the user explicitly authorizes the agent*. The core legal question is whether an AI agent acting on explicit user authorization counts as an "authorized visitor" to a