Amazon.com (AMZN) has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity AI demanding that the artificial intelligence search startup stop allowing its AI browser agent, Comet, to make purchases online for users, Bloomberg’s Shirin Ghaffary and Matt Day report. The e-commerce giant is accusing Perplexity of committing computer fraud by failing to disclose when its AI agent is shopping on a user’s behalf, in violation of Amazon’s terms of service, according to people familiar with the letter sent on Friday. The document also said Perplexity’s tool degraded the Amazon shopping experience and introduced privacy vulnerabilities, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters.
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