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Amazon sues Perplexity over 'agentic' shopping tool

By Staff Writer

Nov 6 2025 6:37AM

Alleges it covertly accesses Amazon customer accounts and disguises activity.

Amazon sues Perplexity over 'agentic' shopping tool

Amazon is suing Perplexity AI over the startup’s "agentic" shopping feature, which uses automation to place orders for users, saying it covertly accessed Amazon customer accounts and disguised automated activity as human browsing. The clash highlights an emerging debate over regulation of ...

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