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Amazon lawsuit ‘threat to all internet users’: Perplexity



Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity termed the lawsuit brought by Amazon against its agentic shopping tool a “threat to all internet users.”

The online retail giant has approached the US District Court for the northern district of California to prohibit the use of Perplexity’s Comet AI agent on its platform, citing security risks and misconduct.

In response, the Aravind Srinivas-led AI company called the action a “a bully tactic to scare disruptive companies.”

Comet, the AI-powered web browser by Perplexity AI, rivalling…



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