Who’s Liable When Your AI Agent Acts?

On August 4, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a landmark ruling in Amazon.com Services, LLC v. Perplexity AI, Inc., No. 26-1444. The question at the center of the case: when an AI agent accesses a third-party website on behalf of a user, who is responsible under the Computer Fraud […]