Perplexity has secured a multi-year licensing deal with Getty Images, allowing it to use Getty's stock photos in its AI search tools. This agreement follows allegations of plagiarism and aims to improve image attribution and compliance with copyright laws.

Internet companies and publishers have introduced the "Really Simple Licensing" (RSL) standard to combat unauthorized AI content scraping. This open protocol enhances robots.txt by providing automated licensing terms for content usage, allowing publishers to receive compensation for AI interactions with their material. The RSL standard supports various compensation models, including pay-per-crawl and pay-per-inference.