Amazon vs. Perplexity – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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Re: Amazon vs. Perplexity – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
#2All right, which one of you is going to go through the trouble of explaining what this is about?
Re: Amazon vs. Perplexity – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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Re: Amazon vs. Perplexity – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
#4All right, which one of you is going to go through the trouble of explaining what this is about?
If you read the first couple paragraphs it’s very self explanatory
Re: Amazon vs. Perplexity – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
#5All right, which one of you is going to go through the trouble of explaining what this is about?
The summary at the top is 3 paragraphs and not legalese at all.
Re: Amazon vs. Perplexity – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
#6All right, which one of you is going to go through the trouble of explaining what this is about?
First para really does the job:
"Amazon.com Services, LLC filed suit against Perplexity AI, Inc., an artificial intelligence company, asserting that Perplexity’s web browser tool, Comet, unlawfully accessed Amazon’s website in violation of [blah]. Perplexity’s Comet browser includes an AI “Assistant” that, when activated by a user, navigates Amazon.com on the user’s behalf, sending browser screenshots to Perplexity’s servers for further instruction. Amazon claimed that this use of the Assistant, despite their explicit prohibition, amounted to unauthorized access to its servers."
Re: Amazon vs. Perplexity – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
#7All right, which one of you is going to go through the trouble of explaining what this is about?
First para really does the job: "Amazon.com Services, LLC filed suit against Perplexity AI, Inc., an artificial intelligence company, asserting that Perplexity’s web browser tool, Comet, unlawfully accessed Amazon’s website in violation of [blah]. Perplexity’s Comet browser includes an AI “Assistant” that, when activated by a user, navigates Amazon.com on the user’s behalf, sending browser screenshots to Perplexity’s…
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Re: Amazon vs. Perplexity – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
#8> Amazon.com Services, LLC filed suit against Perplexity AI, Inc., an artificial intelligence company, asserting that Perplexity’s web browser tool, Comet, unlawfully accessed Amazon’s website in violation of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and California’s Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (CDAFA). Perplexity’s Comet browser includes an AI “Assistant” that, when activated by a user, navigates Amazon.com on the user’s behalf, sending browser screenshots to Perplexity’s servers for further instruction. Amazon claimed that this use of the Assistant, despite their explicit prohibition, amounted to unauthorized access to its servers.
Re: Amazon vs. Perplexity – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
#9TLDR: Perplexity agents allegedly ignored Amazon's robots.txt
Re: Amazon vs. Perplexity – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
#10> Amazon.com Services, LLC filed suit against Perplexity AI, Inc., an artificial intelligence company, asserting that Perplexity’s web browser tool, Comet, unlawfully accessed Amazon’s website in violation of [blah]. Perplexity’s Comet browser includes an AI “Assistant” that, when activated by a user, navigates Amazon.com on the user’s behalf, sending browser screenshots to Perplexity’s servers for further instruction. Amazon claimed that this use of the Assistant, despite their explicit prohibition, amounted to unauthorized access to its servers.