"To succeed on a claim under the CFAA, a plaintiff must show that the defendant intentionally accessed a computer, without authorization or exceeding authorized access, thereby obtained information from any protected computer, and that there was loss to one or more persons during any one-year period aggregating at least $5,000 in value," the ruling said.
Amazon said Perplexity’s Comet browser disguised automated traffic as a standard web browser, violated its terms of service, and accessed customer accounts without authorization. Perplexity argued Comet acted only with users' permission using credentials stored on their own devices and accused Amazon of trying to block consumer choice in AI assistants.
Although the underlying lawsuit is ongoing, the ruling offers an indication of how courts may approach AI agents that act on behalf of users.
