According to @godofprompt, Amazon obtained a court order blocking Perplexity's AI shopping bots, and as reported by Bloomberg, the ruling restricts automated scraping and price retrieval from Amazon's marketplace, signaling heightened legal risk for AI agents that mimic human shoppers. According to Bloomberg, the decision underscores platform terms of service as enforceable guardrails for autonomous agents, raising compliance costs for AI ecommerce tools that rely on real-time product data. As reported by Bloomberg, enterprises building shopping copilots and comparison engines will need first‑party data partnerships, compliant APIs, or retailer licensing to maintain reliability at scale. According to Bloomberg, the case also hints at a reshaping of retail AI infrastructure where retailers monetize data access via rate‑limited APIs, paid tiers, and attestation programs for bot identity and usage.