Perplexity AI gets US injunction blocking AI agent on Amazon overturned
( August 4, 2026, 16:14 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Amazon’s claims against Perplexity AI under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act are unlikely to succeed, according to a US appeals court. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that the users of Perplexity’s artificial intelligent agent, and not the company, accessed Amazon’s computers using the assistant as an AI tool. The court overturned a preliminary injunction against Perplexity, saying that the potential harms Amazon faces do not weigh in favor of an injunction.See attached file. ...
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