Amazon wants Perplexity to stop allowing its AI browser, Comet, to search for and purchase items for customers on its online marketplace.

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Amazon has demanded that Perplexity stop allowing its Comet AI browser to purchase products on behalf of users, claiming it degrades the shopping experience. Perplexity responded by accusing Amazon of bullying and prioritizing ads over customer convenience, arguing that AI shopping agents should be allowed to operate freely. The dispute highlights emerging tensions between traditional ecommerce platforms and AI-powered shopping assistants that automate purchasing decisions.

Amazon and Perplexity have kicked off the great AI web browser fight

<p>Have they really? Who’s actually using these things?</p>


<p>This seems like a big cloud of marketing.  Amazon could block Comet, but it doesn’t want to lose out. Perplexity could exclude Amazon, but customers tend to buy there.  This is almost a poster for how to draw attention to both services.  Well flagged commercial click bait.</p>
