Tool, Not a Person: The Ninth Circuit Vacates Amazon's Injunction Against Perplexity's Shopping Agent - August 5, 2026

Tool, Not a Person: The Ninth Circuit Vacates Amazon's Injunction Against Perplexity's Shopping Agent A federal appeals court has vacated Amazon's preliminary injunction against Perplexity's Comet browser, holding that it is the user, not the company, who "accesses" Amazon's servers under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Chris and Laura break down the published opinion, the "tool, not a person" holding that sidesteps every hard question about machine intent, the rule of lenity argument that could otherwise have exposed ordinary shoppers to federal criminal liability, and what still remains loaded in every platform's arsenal against agentic AI. Hosted by Chris and Laura. The DX Today Podcast brings you daily deep dives into the most consequential stories in the AI ecosystem. #AI #AgenticAI #CFAA #Perplexity #TechPolicy