Amazon Wins Court Order to Block Perplexity AI Shopping Bots

CompaniesPerplexity has filed for appeal.Screens displaying the logo of AI software company Perplexity AI. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty ImagesMary PrenonFreelance Reporter3/10/2026|Updated: 3/10/20260:00E-commerce goliath Amazon scored a temporary victory in its attempt to secure a court order blocking artificial intelligence (AI) robot agents from accessing its website.According to court documents, Amazon’s dispute with Perplexity, a San Francisco-based private AI firm, involved the alleged unauthorized use of Perplexity’s Comet web browsers’ AI function to access password-protected sections of Amazon.