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Perplexity AI plans to start running ads in fourth quarter as AI-assisted search gains popularity

Aug 23, 2024 - news.bensbites.com
Perplexity AI, an artificial intelligence startup specializing in AI-assisted search, is planning to run ads on its search app in Q4, following allegations of plagiarizing content from media outlets. The company, which has seen its app downloaded over two million times and answers over 230 million queries a month, raised new funding in April that valued it at over $1 billion. However, its growing popularity has raised concerns about how it uses content from other sources, with Forbes and Wired both reporting instances of their stories being plagiarized by Perplexity.

In response to these allegations, Perplexity has made changes to its Pages feature and has introduced a revenue-sharing model, allowing publishers to earn money through the company's search engine. The company's "Publishers Program" has already attracted media outlets and content platforms including Fortune, Time, Entrepreneur, The Texas Tribune, Der Spiegel, and WordPress. Perplexity's advertising model will follow a CPM (cost per thousand impressions) approach, with prices expected to be over $50. The company's key advertising categories will initially include technology, health and pharmaceuticals, arts and entertainment, finance, and food and beverage.

Key takeaways:

  • Perplexity AI, an artificial intelligence startup, plans to start running ads on its search app in the fourth quarter, following allegations of plagiarizing content from media outlets.
  • The company has recently raised new funding that valued it at over $1 billion and its app has been downloaded more than two million times, answering over 230 million queries a month.
  • Perplexity has introduced a revenue-sharing model, allowing publishers to earn money through the company's search engine. Media outlets such as Fortune, Time, Entrepreneur, The Texas Tribune, Der Spiegel and WordPress have joined the company's 'Publishers Program'.
  • With advertising, Perplexity will follow a model called CPM, or cost per thousand impressions, with CPM prices expected to be more than $50. The key advertising categories will include technology, health and pharmaceuticals, arts and entertainment, finance, plus food and beverage.
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