The short version

Alex Kantrowitz predicted on January 1, 2024: “What you're going to see this year is, and we saw a lot of it last year too, is like the Perplexities and the Googles of the world, just signing deals with news publishers, and maybe smaller publications like us.” Verdict: Called it. A wave of licensing and partnership agreements occurred between AI/search…

Prediction by

Alex Kantrowitz

On January 1, 2024

“What you're going to see this year is, and we saw a lot of it last year too, is like the Perplexities and the Googles of the world, just signing deals with news publishers, and maybe smaller publications like us.”

Follow-up

A wave of licensing and partnership agreements occurred between AI/search companies (including Google and Perplexity) and news publishers, both large and small, in 2024-2025, matching the predicted direction and timing.

From the High Caliber AI network — see the AI for PR module in the course.