A court of appeals blocked a lower court’s order that would have prevented Perplexity’s artificial intelligence shopping agents from visiting Amazon’s website, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (March 17).
The lower court’s order will remain paused until the appeals court has considered Perplexity’s appeal, according to the report.
A Perplexity spokesperson told Bloomberg: “We will continue to fight for people’s right to choose their own AI.”
Amazon declined to comment on the ruling, per the report.
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Reuters reported Tuesday that in its request to pause the lower court’s order, Perplexity told the appeals court: “Enjoining the use of Perplexity’s signature product on one of the internet’s most important websites would cause devastating harm to the company and consumers alike.”
PYMNTS reported in November that Amazon fired the first volley in this legal battle with a cease-and-desist letter against Perplexity that accused the company of violating its terms of service and of potentially breaching federal and California computer fraud statutes.
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