Wednesday, 5 August, 2026
Court Unleashes AI Shoppers: Amazon Loses Ban on Perplexity
By TechShots Studio
A US federal appeals court overturned a temporary ban prohibiting Perplexity’s AI shopping agents from operating on Amazon. Rejecting Amazon's claims of computer hacking, the court ruled that users—not Perplexity—were accessing the platform through the AI. The landmark decision establishes a significant precedent allowing agentic AI tools to browse and transact on consumers' behalf.
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