PPC Land advertising and platform updates·· 2026-09-13SelectedAI score77
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacates injunction barring Perplexity AI shopping assistant from accessing Amazon accounts
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on August 4, 2026 vacated a preliminary injunction that had blocked Perplexity AI's Comet browser assistant from operating within Amazon accounts, ruling that under U.S. computer hacking laws, the user at the keyboard is the party accessing the retailer's computers, and that the AI agent is a tool rather than a legal subject.
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the injunction, showing readers that the platform’s effort to use the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to block third-party AI agents has hit a roadblock, with control measures shifting to terms of service and technical identification.
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