Amazon appeals Perplexity Comet shopping agent ruling

The author argues that as AI agents increasingly mediate commercial transactions, work, and institutional processes, the central economic battle is over who captures the value they create. Disputes involving Amazon, Instacart, Uber, and RealPage illustrate how automated systems obscure pricing and product rankings, shifting value away from shoppers and workers toward platforms. The article contends that public policy and regulation must step in to establish transparency, competition, and a duty of loyalty for AI agents. Open article →