Amazon Blocks Meta's Muse AI Agent from Its Retail Site
Meta’s Muse, which was introduced earlier this month, is designed to help people carry out such common online tasks as shopping and booking appointments. Amazon prohibits other companies from deploying automated tools to shop its site and started blocking Muse on Sunday night, a spokesperson said. Shoppers using Muse see a series of pop-ups saying its use violates Amazon’s terms of use.
- ▪Meta’s Muse, which was introduced earlier this month, is designed to help people carry out such common online tasks as shopping and booking appointments.
- ▪Amazon prohibits other companies from deploying automated tools to shop its site and started blocking Muse on Sunday night, a spokesperson said.
- ▪Shoppers using Muse see a series of pop-ups saying its use violates Amazon’s terms of use.
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TechnologyAIAmazon Blocks Meta’s Muse AI Agent From Its Retail SiteFacebookXLinkedInEmailLinkGiftExpandPhotographer: Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesFacebookXLinkedInEmailLinkGiftGift this articleContact us:Provide news feedback or report an errorConfidential tip?Send a tip to our reportersSite feedback:Take our SurveyNew WindowFacebookXLinkedInEmailLinkGiftBy Matt Day and Spencer SoperSeptember 21, 2026 at 3:13 PM UTCBookmarkSaveAmazon.com Inc. has blocked Meta Platforms Inc.’s new artificial intelligence agent from its retail site after the social media company declined a request to remove the bot. Meta’s Muse, which was introduced earlier this month, is designed to help people carry out such common online tasks as shopping and booking appointments.
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