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Ninth Circuit Narrows CFAA Reach in Perplexity Agentic Commerce Ruling

6 August 2026 · By · Wire by Fusion42

Published

6 August 2026

Topic

regulatory

◆ Sectors

AI & ML

◆ Geography

United States

◆ Source

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◆ Verified

Fusion42 · 30 August 2026 · Fusion42 review

The Ninth Circuit Court ruled that Perplexity's AI shopping assistant did not itself 'access' Amazon's protected computers under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), vacating a prior injunction and limiting liability of AI developers for user-directed autonomous software actions.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI & ML, and 5 sources have reported it between 4 Aug 2026 and 6 Aug 2026.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

The legal groundwork now limits your liability for AI agents’ actions to those directly attributable to users, making it safer to launch user-directed AI tools that interact with third-party platforms.

◆ Coverage

5 sources · first reported 4 Aug 2026 · latest 6 Aug 2026

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AI & MLcfaaagentic-commerceai-regulationlegal-precedentperplexityamazon