Amazon wins a brief injunction in opposition to Perplexity’s Comet browser

Amazon has secured a brief win in its battle with Perplexity over using AI procuring bots. Bloomberg reported {that a} San Francisco federal court docket has decided that Perplexity should cease utilizing its Comet internet browser’s AI agent to make purchases for customers on Amazon’s market. The AI firm could have per week to enchantment the choice, in any other case it has been ordered to cease accessing any password-protected areas of Amazon’s methods and destroy its copies of Amazon’s information whereas the 2 corporations proceed to argue their instances.

“Amazon has offered sturdy proof that Perplexity, by means of its Comet browser, accesses with the Amazon consumer’s permission however with out authorization by Amazon, the consumer’s password-protected account,” District Decide Maxine Chesney wrote in inserting the short-term block.

“The preliminary injunction will stop Perplexity’s unauthorized entry to the Amazon retailer and is a crucial step in sustaining a trusted procuring expertise for Amazon prospects,” an Amazon spokesperson advised Bloomberg.

Amazon despatched a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity over the AI firm’s procuring bots in November. Based on Amazon, use of the Comet agent to make purchases is a violation of its phrases of service. “Perplexity will proceed to battle for the best of web customers to decide on no matter AI they need,” a consultant from Perplexity stated of this week’s choice.