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Judge blocks Perplexity's AI bot from shopping on Amazon in early test of agentic commerce

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A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction in Amazon's lawsuit against Perplexity, blocking aspects of the Comet browser in an early legal test of AI-powered shopping tools. The ruling is a near-term legal win for Amazon and raises regulatory and litigation risk for startups building generative-AI shopping interfaces, potentially advantaging incumbent retailers and pressuring valuations of AI shopping competitors.

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A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction in Amazon's lawsuit against Perplexity, blocking aspects of the Comet browser in an early legal test of AI-powered shopping tools. The ruling is a near-term legal win for Amazon and raises regulatory and litigation risk for startups building generative-AI shopping interfaces, potentially advantaging incumbent retailers and pressuring valuations of AI shopping competitors.

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