Perplexity wins appeal to keep its Comet browser shopping on Amazon
The appeals court said Amazon users, rather than Perplexity, access the marketplace when Comet acts on their instructions.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: Reuters
Why it matters
The ruling gives browser-based agents room to operate through users' accounts, while leaving platforms to fight them with contracts, product design and technical controls.
Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas), Perplexity's co-founder and chief executive, won a ruling Tuesday that gives his browser a path to keep shopping on Amazon for users and places an early legal boundary around how online platforms can use anti-hacking law against AI agents.…
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