Perplexity just put a price tag on clicks, and 80% could go to publishers
AI summary tools harvest publisher content, reduce pageviews, and threaten ad and affiliate revenue, prompting Perplexity to propose compensating publishers.
Perplexity hits back at Cloudflare amid claims of website 'stealth crawling' to dodge AI blocks
Cloudflare announced a new system to block AI companies from accessing websites without permission or compensation, following concerns over content scraping practices.
Cloudflare says Perplexity's AI bots are 'stealth crawling' blocked sites
Cloudflare claims that Perplexity conceals its crawling identity to circumvent website restrictions, resulting in concerns over unauthorized content scraping from various sites.
Digest: BBC Threatens Perplexity AI Over Content Scraping; Australia's Social Media Ban for Under 16s Moves Closer to Implementation - ExchangeWire.com
The BBC threatens Perplexity AI for alleged content scraping, indicating rising tensions over IP rights in AI.
Australia is trialing age assurance technology as it prepares to ban social media for under-16s.
This AI Bot Is Replacing Google for Millions of People
AI retrieval bots are reshaping the internet by scraping real-time content and providing instant answers, challenging traditional web traffic dynamics.