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I don’t see how Amazon or anyone else can prevent AI agents from acting on someone’s behalf. Can they prevent me from using the keyboard or mouse I like? What a
by SilverElfin 1y ago
I don’t see how Amazon or anyone else can prevent AI agents from acting on someone’s behalf. Can they prevent me from using the keyboard or mouse I like? What about the browser I like? What about screen readers? Isn’t trying to ban use of an AI tool a potential violation of disability law? What if I need help from one of these tools to perform actions on my behalf? Or for that matter, isn’t this an antitrust issue - with companies trying to control everything with unreasonable demands?
Note that the broken patent system is a part of the abuse enablement. Companies like Amazon rack up huge portfolios of mostly frivolous patents for this purpose. They may claim they only use them defensively. But the reality is if you cross them in any way, they can then “defensively” make your life miserable by abusing the law through the broken patent system. For example if a company like Amazon copies your innovative product, you can’t practically go after them, because they hold all sorts of leverage through the patent system.
- bigyabai 1y agoThis is not about patent or copyright. Amazon has sent them a C&D, and can legally choose to terminate Perplexity's access to their services if they desire, the same way they can block scrapers. Now, maybe that is monopoly abuse. But monopoly abuse isn't taken seriously in America, so Perplexity's options are limited.
- JohnMakin 1y agoIf you were using their site in a way they felt violated their ToS or affected their business, they absolutely can and would ban you in much the same way from using it. You're conflating entirely separate things.