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AI Agents and the CFAA: Amazon.Com Services v. Perplexity AI

  • Orin S. Kerr--Reason
  • published date: 2026-06-19 08:23:41 UTC

Just a preliminary injunction stage, but an important case to follow.

The Ninth Circuit held argument last week in a very interesting case on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the computer hacking statute, Amazon.com Services v. Perplexity AI, No. 26-1444.  The basic i… [+6691 chars]