Amazon doesn’t trust Meta’s Muse AI agent
Amazon blocked Meta's Muse AI shopping agent, citing unauthorized access and privacy concerns over the agent failing to identify itself and capturing credentials.
Per GeekWire, Amazon began blocking Meta's Muse AI shopping agent, showing users a popup stating that continued access by an unauthorized AI agent violates Amazon's Conditions of Use. An Amazon spokesperson said third-party purchasing agents should operate openly and respect service providers' decisions, citing privacy and security concerns because Muse does not identify itself when browsing and appears to capture customer credentials. Meta launched Muse earlier this month, saying it cannot see secure login or card payment details, though reports later said it could read user messages without the necessary permission enabled. Amazon previously sued Perplexity over Comet shopping access, with a judge siding with Perplexity in August, and has stripped details from order confirmation emails since July to limit AI data mining.
- Popup tells Muse users that continued access by an unauthorized AI agent violates Amazon's Conditions of Use
- Amazon says Meta did not notify it and raised privacy concerns over Muse capturing customer credentials
- Meta launched Muse earlier this month, claiming the agent cannot see secure login or card payment details
- Amazon previously sued Perplexity over Comet shopping access; a judge sided with Perplexity in August
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Meta’s Muse AI agent has been blocked from shopping Amazon on behalf of its users, GeekWire reports. A popup message started appearing on Sunday for Muse users saying that “continued access by an unauthorized AI agent violates Amazon’s Conditions of Use, to which our customers have agreed.”
According to GeekWire, Meta didn’t notify Amazon that Muse would access its store. Amazon also expressed privacy and security concerns over Muse failing to identify itself when it browses, and seemingly capturing customer credentials.
“We think it’s fairly straightforward that third-party applications that offer to make purchases on behalf of customers from other businesses should operate openly and respect service provider decisions about whether or not to participate,” an unnamed Amazon spokesperson said in a statement to GeekWire. We have reached out to Meta for comment.
When Meta launched Muse earlier this month, it said the AI agent cannot see secure login details or card payment information. We used it during testing to successfully purchase tank tops from Amazon while other products were in the basket. Some privacy concerns have emerged since launch, however, with reports that Muse can see the contents of user messages despite not having the necessary access permission enabled.
This marks Amazon’s latest effort to fend off competition from rival agentic AI services and keep its customers shopping with the retailer directly. It sued Perplexity in November last year in a similar attempt to keep the Amazon platform out of the AI search provider’s Comet shopping experience, with a judge siding with Perplexity on the case in August. Confirmation emails from Amazon have also started looking notably sparse since July, with specific item names and product images being omitted to limit that information from being mined by external AI services.
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- Jess Weatherbed