Perplexity Introduces Revenue-Share Model for Publishers 👀

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Facing heavy criticism and even legal action from some media outlets over its use of their work, Perplexity is now offering publishers a chance to share in the revenue generated by their articles.

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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI

• Perplexity to Give Media Giants a Share of AI Search Revenue

• Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and Apple

• AI Tutorial: Turn your notes, PDFs, and images into video presentations

• AI Tools to check out

• AI Findings/Resources

• The Latest in AI and Tech 💡

AI News

PERPLEXITY

Perplexity to Give Media Giants a Share of AI Search Revenue

Perplexity is launching a program that allows publishers to collect a share of the revenue their articles generate for the AI platform, with CEO Aravind Srinivas saying that “AI is helping to create a better internet, but publishers still need to get paid.”

Details:

• Under the new program, publishers can earn money when their content receives web traffic through Perplexity’s Comet internet browser, appears in search queries on Comet, or is used to complete tasks by Comet’s AI assistant.

• The AI startup expects to pay publishers from a $42.5 million revenue pool initially, and to increase that amount over time.

• The funds will come from revenue earned through Comet Plus ($5/month), a new subscription tier for the Comet browser. Publishers will get 80% of the revenue, while Perplexity keeps the rest.

• The AI startup has not revealed whether any publishers have joined the program, though it says discussions are underway with "previous media partners."

Perplexity is the first to propose a revenue-share model based on how often content appears or assists in user queries, while other AI companies like OpenAI and Google have opted for multimillion-dollar deals with major publishers, though the goal is the same: to fend off legal action from industry giants who are increasingly frustrated that their articles are being used without permission and that valuable web traffic is being cut from their sites.

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XAI

Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and Apple

The billionaire had threatened Apple with legal action earlier this month, accusing it of rigging App Store rankings in favor of OpenAI. Yesterday, he followed through and filed a lawsuit, alleging that the two companies are colluding to stifle competition.

Details:

• Elon Musk's companies, xAI and X Corp., have filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI, claiming that their deal to build ChatGPT into the iPhone is stifling competition in the AI industry.

• Musk argues that iPhone users would “have no reason” to download third-party AI apps because the company “force[s]” users to use ChatGPT as their default chatbot when enabling Apple Intelligence.

• The suit also accuses Apple’s App Store of “deprioritizing” rival chatbots and “super apps” such as Grok and X, alleging that despite receiving high rankings, neither appears in the store’s “Must-Have Apps” section — where ChatGPT consistently features.

• It also claims that the iPhone’s ChatGPT integration gives OpenAI access to “potentially billions of user prompts originating from hundreds of millions of iPhones,” allegedly giving it an unfair advantage.

This is the latest move in the growing tension between Elon Musk and Sam Altman. An OpenAI spokesperson described it as part of Musk’s “ongoing pattern of harassment,” while Apple maintains that its App Store is designed to be fair and unbiased.

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AI Tutorial

Turn your notes, PDFs, and images into video presentations

1. Go to the NotebookLM website and log in

2. Create a new notebook and upload your sources (these can be PDFs, audio files, copied text, Google Docs, Google Slides, web URLs, or YouTube URLs).

3. On the right side, click on the ‘Video Overview’ option and wait for it to be generated.

4. Optionally, you can click the three dots to customize your video overview. There, you can pick a different language (English by default) and also provide specific instructions, such as focusing on a particular source, targeting an audience, or describing the show structure.

The AI will create new visuals to help illustrate points while also pulling in images, diagrams, quotes, and numbers from your documents. This is great for explaining data, demonstrating processes, and making abstract concepts more tangible.

5. Once the video is generated, you can review and download it as an MP4.

The feature was previously only available in English, but with the latest update it now supports over 80 languages, including French, German, Spanish, and Japanese.

AI Tools to check out

✅ TransGull: AI translation for conversations, live speech, images & videos.

📄 ReadyBase: Transform any input into a production-ready PDF in seconds.

⭐ Tana: Put your notes to work with voice and AI.

⏲️ Paradigm: AI-native spreadsheet to eliminate menial work.

🧿 Blue: The only voice assistant that can control every app on your phone, so you can get work done hands-free.

AI Findings/Resources

👀 Visual explanation of how LLMs work

🐘 Can AI teach us how animals think?

🤔 Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times

🎮 This guy created a self-learning Flappy Bird from scratch using a neural network and a genetic algorithm

The latest in AI and Tech

Google’s “Nano Banana” AI image generator is now officially available in the Gemini app

Google is upgrading its Gemini chatbot with a new AI image model that has been going viral in recent weeks for delivering highly precise edits to images while preserving the consistency of faces, animals, and other details, drawing comparisons to tools like Photoshop.

The updated model, now called Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, is rolling out to all users in the Gemini app, as well as to developers via the Gemini API, Google AI Studio, and Vertex AI platforms.

Parents sue OpenAI alleging ChatGPT assisted son’s suicide

The 16-year-old boy had been using the AI chatbot as a substitute for human companionship in his final weeks and was able to bypass ChatGPT’s guardrails, which allegedly allowed it to actively help him “explore suicide methods.”

Meta to debut smart glasses at September’s ‘Connect’ event

Meta is reportedly set to launch two new smart glasses, codenamed Hypernova, during its annual product showcase, Meta Connect 2025, with a rumored price of around $800.

Saudi Arabia's HUMAIN launches the world's first Arabic-native AI chatbot

Trained on what Humain describes as one of the largest Arabic datasets ever assembled, the bot is fluent in Arabic as well as English and is designed around “Islamic values and heritage.”

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