Ninth Circuit Holds Human User, Not Developer of AI Agent, Responsible for Websites Accessed

The U.S. Ninth Circuit ruled that under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and California's CDAFA, the human user, not the AI developer, is responsible for website access by an AI assistant. This ruling vacated a preliminary injunction against Perplexity AI, clarifying legal accountability for AI agent interactions with websites.

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