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People Inc. (formerly Dotdash Meredith) announces a strategic AI licensing deal with Microsoft, becoming a launch partner in Microsoft’s publisher content marketplace. This follows their previous agreement with OpenAI. CEO Neil Vogel highlights Microsoft's commitment to compensating publishers for content used in AI, particularly in Copilot.
This news comes as People Inc. reports a significant drop in Google Search traffic due to AI Overviews, falling from 54% to 24% of their total traffic. Vogel has been vocal about Google's content usage practices, contrasting them with the pay-per-use model offered by Microsoft. People Inc. is leveraging Cloudflare to block AI crawlers, driving AI companies to negotiate content deals. Discover how this deal impacts the future of content licensing and AI development.