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Amazon reportedly blocks Meta’s Muse AI shopping agent

Polymarket says Amazon blocked Muse from shopping on users’ behalf, citing unauthorized access and privacy concerns.

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Polymarket says Amazon has blocked Meta’s Muse AI agent from shopping for users, citing unauthorized access and privacy concerns. The reported block has prompted debate over customer relationships and advertising revenue.

One commenter calls it the right move for Amazon despite disliking it as a consumer, arguing that owning the customer relationship matters more than logistics. Other commenters see potential openings for competitors: allowing agents could threaten retailers’ advertising profits, but becoming a place where any agent can transact could offer an advantage if shopping shifts away from browsing websites.

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Vintuxai@vintuxaiA popup message appearing for Muse users on Sunday confirmed the block: "Continued access by an unauthorized AI agent violates Amazon's Conditions of Use." Per GeekWire, Meta failed to notify Amazon before deploying the agent to crawl listings. 📉20d
Sheel Mohnot@pitdesiI hate it as a consumer but it is the right move for Amazon. Agents want to replace the storefront and level the playing field, but Amazon is big enough to say no. Owning the customer relationship matters even more than logistics imo. Will be interesting to see it play out.20d
signüll@signulllif only walmart was actually competent enough to realize the agentic commerce opportunity ahead of them. amazon drives major major revenue from search & discovery on their platform. ads make amazon insane amounts of money. agents makes this sponsored ads business irrelevant. walmart has no such business to protect on their properties. they can go full on into agentic commerce + fulfillment & possibly create a habit loop. this might increase distribution drastically. ironically this amazon margin is their opportunity to finally compete with them. i’d do the same thing if i were target. but they have to swallow the pill that they’re being somewhat disintermediated. but the road ahead cannot be any clearer.20d
Nikesh Arora@nikesharoraThis will be a bigger battle than anyone anticipates. It is only a matter of time before there is an Apple and Google version of Muse and possibly TikTok, in addition to the frontier LLM agents. Maybe a commerce agent from Amazon. Every app that is a services, marketplace or commerce app will need to existentially decide to open APIs for consumer agents to interact. Smaller players have no choice. Ad revenues are more than transaction fees, either the consumer benefits or distribution aggregators will demand a higher transaction fare. I know I don't want an agent for each app. I would like my agent to be able to do tasks I require. We can already see consumers getting trained on that behavior by the frontier labs. Those with network moats - restaurants, groceries, drivers might be able to withstand for a while, over time convenience and end user experience will win and they will have to align. Content moats (protected by copyright) could decide to allow agents or chose to hold on to the consumer interaction. I suspect other than the feeling of a lack of control, it won't change their economics. Commoditized back ends will need to worry, insurance, tickets, hotels, services - if they don't adapt new players will.20d
Matt Deitke@mattdeitkeBarnes & Noble was a huge incumbent that was slow to the web when Amazon wasn't. If shopping moves from browsing websites to asking agents, being the commerce layer every agent can transact with could be an enormous advantage. Interesting to see if history repeats.20d
Peter Yang@petergyang@pitdesi How do you block this if it's just browser use?20d
tae kim@firstadopterWhat happens to Amazon's ad business if we all start using personal AI agents to comparison shop and buy for us?20d
Mike Vernal@mvernalThere are a number of incredible low-margin consumer services that have massively grown their operating profit (and their valuation) through an in-product advertising business: - Amazon: ~$80B - Uber: ~$2B - Doordash: ~$1B - Instacart: ~$1B It'll be interesting to see if this creates a modern form of the innovator's dilemma, i.e., enabling agentic use (which is unequivocally pro-customer) cuts deeply to their bottom line, creating opportunity for those that don't rely on ads for their operating profit (e.g., Shopify).20d
Nathan Labenz@labenzPrakash's prediction on AI:AM: Amazon's Muse ban is temporary. He suspects a preexisting deal makes OpenAI's shopping agent the exclusive first mover on Amazon — tied to the upcoming Dev Day — with the ban opening up after this shopping season. https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1yxBePrmanMJN?t=835620d
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    Vintuxai@vintuxaiA popup message appearing for Muse users on Sunday confirmed the block: "Continued access by an unauthorized AI agent violates Amazon's Conditions of Use." Per GeekWire, Meta failed to notify Amazon before deploying the agent to crawl listings. 📉20d
    Sheel Mohnot@pitdesiI hate it as a consumer but it is the right move for Amazon. Agents want to replace the storefront and level the playing field, but Amazon is big enough to say no. Owning the customer relationship matters even more than logistics imo. Will be interesting to see it play out.20d
    signüll@signulllif only walmart was actually competent enough to realize the agentic commerce opportunity ahead of them. amazon drives major major revenue from search & discovery on their platform. ads make amazon insane amounts of money. agents makes this sponsored ads business irrelevant. walmart has no such business to protect on their properties. they can go full on into agentic commerce + fulfillment & possibly create a habit loop. this might increase distribution drastically. ironically this amazon margin is their opportunity to finally compete with them. i’d do the same thing if i were target. but they have to swallow the pill that they’re being somewhat disintermediated. but the road ahead cannot be any clearer.20d
    Nikesh Arora@nikesharoraThis will be a bigger battle than anyone anticipates. It is only a matter of time before there is an Apple and Google version of Muse and possibly TikTok, in addition to the frontier LLM agents. Maybe a commerce agent from Amazon. Every app that is a services, marketplace or commerce app will need to existentially decide to open APIs for consumer agents to interact. Smaller players have no choice. Ad revenues are more than transaction fees, either the consumer benefits or distribution aggregators will demand a higher transaction fare. I know I don't want an agent for each app. I would like my agent to be able to do tasks I require. We can already see consumers getting trained on that behavior by the frontier labs. Those with network moats - restaurants, groceries, drivers might be able to withstand for a while, over time convenience and end user experience will win and they will have to align. Content moats (protected by copyright) could decide to allow agents or chose to hold on to the consumer interaction. I suspect other than the feeling of a lack of control, it won't change their economics. Commoditized back ends will need to worry, insurance, tickets, hotels, services - if they don't adapt new players will.20d
    Matt Deitke@mattdeitkeBarnes & Noble was a huge incumbent that was slow to the web when Amazon wasn't. If shopping moves from browsing websites to asking agents, being the commerce layer every agent can transact with could be an enormous advantage. Interesting to see if history repeats.20d
    Peter Yang@petergyang@pitdesi How do you block this if it's just browser use?20d
    tae kim@firstadopterWhat happens to Amazon's ad business if we all start using personal AI agents to comparison shop and buy for us?20d
    Mike Vernal@mvernalThere are a number of incredible low-margin consumer services that have massively grown their operating profit (and their valuation) through an in-product advertising business: - Amazon: ~$80B - Uber: ~$2B - Doordash: ~$1B - Instacart: ~$1B It'll be interesting to see if this creates a modern form of the innovator's dilemma, i.e., enabling agentic use (which is unequivocally pro-customer) cuts deeply to their bottom line, creating opportunity for those that don't rely on ads for their operating profit (e.g., Shopify).20d
    Nathan Labenz@labenzPrakash's prediction on AI:AM: Amazon's Muse ban is temporary. He suspects a preexisting deal makes OpenAI's shopping agent the exclusive first mover on Amazon — tied to the upcoming Dev Day — with the ban opening up after this shopping season. https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1yxBePrmanMJN?t=835620d
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