According to a Reuters report, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on the 4th local time that Perplexity prevailed on appeal, overturning a lower court judge’s temporary injunction barring the Perplexity AI agent from accessing Amazon’s e-commerce platform and acting on users’ behalf to make purchases.
The appeals court said that, legally, users of the Perplexity AI Comet browser accessed Amazon’s platform with the help of an AI tool, and that the access was not carried out by Perplexity AI itself. Amazon is therefore unlikely to succeed in arguing that Perplexity AI’s agent violated the U.S. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Amazon objected to Tuesday’s ruling, saying it remains confident in the case and is currently evaluating its next steps. Perplexity AI said the company will continue fighting for internet users’ right to choose any AI.