Amazon wins order blocking access for Perplexity's AI shopping 'agent'
By Blake Brittain
Published on March 10, 2026.
Amazon has won an injunction from Perplexity, temporarily blocking access to its AI shopping 'agent' for seven days. The company accused Perplexic of illegally accessing private Amazon customer accounts through its Comet browser and AI agent. The court found that Perplexi's system posed security risks for customer data and had ignored repeated requests to stop. The injunction was granted by Chesney, who ruled that Amazon had presented "strong evidence" that the agent accessed Amazon's systems illegally.
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