Amazon has sent a cease‑and‑desist letter to Perplexity, demanding that its AI‑powered shopping assistant, Comet, be removed from the Amazon marketplace. The e‑commerce giant warned that the bot violates its terms of service by failing to identify itself as an agent. Perplexity responded with a blog post defending its approach, arguing that the bot operates under human direction and therefore should inherit the same permissions as the user. Amazon countered that other third‑party agents openly identify themselves and that Perplexity could simply comply. The dispute revives earlier controversy over Perplexity’s web‑scraping practices and raises broader questions about the future of agentic AI on commercial platforms. Read more →

Amazon has added a new AI-powered tool called “Help me decide” to its shopping experience. The feature analyzes a shopper’s searches, browsing and purchase history to surface product recommendations and explain why each item fits the user’s needs. Built on Amazon’s own large language models and services such as Bedrock, OpenSearch and SageMaker, the tool appears after a user has viewed multiple similar listings and is currently available in the United States on the Amazon Shopping app and website. It follows a series of earlier AI experiments, including the Rufus assistant, AI‑driven shopping guides, audio summaries and the Lens Live visual search tool. Read more →

Amazon has introduced Lens Live, a new feature for its Shopping app on iOS that lets users point their phone camera at objects and instantly see matching product listings. Using real‑time object detection, Lens Live scans the environment, compares identified items against Amazon’s catalog, and presents similar products in a swipeable carousel with options to add to the cart or wishlist. The tool also integrates Amazon’s AI assistant Rufus to summarize descriptions and answer questions. Amazon says the feature builds on its existing visual‑search capabilities and will roll out to more customers in the coming weeks. Read more →

Amazon has introduced Lens Live, a new feature for its Shopping app on iOS that lets users point their phone camera at objects and instantly see matching product listings. Using real‑time object detection, Lens Live scans the environment, compares identified items against Amazon’s catalog, and presents similar products in a swipeable carousel with options to add to the cart or wishlist. The tool also integrates Amazon’s AI assistant Rufus to summarize descriptions and answer questions. Amazon says the feature builds on its existing visual‑search capabilities and will roll out to more customers in the coming weeks. Read more →

Amazon has introduced Lens Live, a new feature for its Shopping app on iOS that lets users point their phone camera at objects and instantly see matching product listings. Using real‑time object detection, Lens Live scans the environment, compares identified items against Amazon’s catalog, and presents similar products in a swipeable carousel with options to add to the cart or wishlist. The tool also integrates Amazon’s AI assistant Rufus to summarize descriptions and answer questions. Amazon says the feature builds on its existing visual‑search capabilities and will roll out to more customers in the coming weeks. Read more →

Amazon has introduced Lens Live, a new feature for its Shopping app on iOS that lets users point their phone camera at objects and instantly see matching product listings. Using real‑time object detection, Lens Live scans the environment, compares identified items against Amazon’s catalog, and presents similar products in a swipeable carousel with options to add to the cart or wishlist. The tool also integrates Amazon’s AI assistant Rufus to summarize descriptions and answer questions. Amazon says the feature builds on its existing visual‑search capabilities and will roll out to more customers in the coming weeks. Read more →

Amazon has introduced Lens Live, a new feature for its Shopping app on iOS that lets users point their phone camera at objects and instantly see matching product listings. Using real‑time object detection, Lens Live scans the environment, compares identified items against Amazon’s catalog, and presents similar products in a swipeable carousel with options to add to the cart or wishlist. The tool also integrates Amazon’s AI assistant Rufus to summarize descriptions and answer questions. Amazon says the feature builds on its existing visual‑search capabilities and will roll out to more customers in the coming weeks. Read more →