Amazon Wants Perplexity To Stop Comet Browser From Buying For Users: Everything You Need To Know

AI startups and their products all around the world are facing heat for various reasons. Previously, we saw many celebrities and studios going against Sora 2. Now, problems have emerged for Perplexity,

too, and the resistance is coming from Amazon. In a recent development, Amazon has send a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity and asked the officials to stop Comet AI browser from purchasing products on user's behalf. For those who are unaware, Perplexity's Comet browser consists of an AI agent that can search for products on amazon and even make the purchase for the user. And this didn't go well it Amazon has the ecommerce giant, has issued an 'aggressive legal threat' against Perplexity to strip off the feature from Comet. Perplexity has responded to the same and called the actions of Amazons could be classified as bullying. Officials at Perplexity said, 'Amazon should love this. Easier shopping means more transactions and happier customers. But Amazon doesn’t care. They're more interested in serving you ads, sponsored results, and influencing your purchasing decisions with upsells and confusing offers.'Also Read: OpenAI Will Soon Make Users Pay For Extra Video Generation On Sora 2, All You Need To KnowAmazon also issued a response to the statement and said that any third-party service that purchases items on the user's behalf should 'respect service provider decisions whether or not to participate.' Furthermore, the giant also criticised Comet, suggesting that it provides a degraded shopping and customer service experience.

What Does This Battle Mean?

The road ahead for the AI startups all over the globe is going to be rather bumpy. Most of the established tech giants are eyeing to drop their own AI products, and none of them will integrate a third-party software that will ultimately serve as competition. Moving forward, we can get to see restrictions from more players in the industry against AI agents, especially if it is hampering the user experience or the sales of this giants.