Quality publishers finally profit from AI instead of fighting it

Hey AI Enthusiast,

Perplexity just dropped Comet Plus revenue sharing - flipping the script on AI-publisher battles by sending actual money to newsrooms through automated payment systems built for the AI age.

Media outlets get paid three ways: visitor clicks, content citations, and AI agent actions - all tracked automatically without lawyers or licensing headaches.

Let me cover today's power prompt and Tool Tuesday first (then show you what this means for content monetization strategies...)

🔥 Prompt of the Day 🔥

Milestone Celebration Email

Create One Achievement-Recognizing Message: Use ChatGPT or Claude
Act as a customer celebration specialist. Create one milestone recognition email for customers reaching [ACHIEVEMENT].

Essential Details:

• Milestone Type: [What they achieved]

• Customer Segment: [Who reached it]

• Recognition Gift: [What they get]

• Next Milestone: [Future goal]

• Share Opportunity: [Social element]

• Brand Connection: [Your role]

Create one celebration email including:

1. Congratulations Subject Line

2. Achievement Recognition

3. Progress Acknowledgment

4. Reward Presentation

5. Next Goal Encouragement

6. Share Celebration Option

Instruction:
Make them feel special.
Keep under 175 words total.

🤖Tool Tuesday - Google Vids Shortcut 🤖

Google Drive videos just got instant AI editing power.

Google dropped Vids integration - Workspace users now jump straight from viewing to editing with one click, no downloads or transfers needed.

The tool cuts, adds music, drops in text, and handles transitions through prompts instead of timeline dragging.

Here's what matters:

• Open Drive videos directly in Vids editor

• Trim footage using AI selection not frame scrubbing

• Insert text and music via suggestions not manual placement

• Script generation from basic prompts replaces writing

• Live now for every Workspace account holder

This shifts editing from pro software to browser tabs.

Legacy tools demand fat budgets and steep learning curves that gatekeep creativity.

Google engineered Vids to crush barriers between ideas and finished videos.

The disruption?

Creative production breaks free from subscription traps into workspace tools.

Professional editors compete with AI-assisted beginners wielding browsers.

Video democracy landed.

Check it out 👉 here.

🤔 Did You Know? 🤔

Orchestra conductors are using AI assistants during rehearsals to identify which instruments are slightly out of sync with millisecond precision.

🗞️ Breaking AI News 🗞️

Perplexity just flipped the script on AI content wars across their search platform.

The company launched Comet Plus payments that finally cut publishers into the AI gold rush - $42.5 million allocated for media outlets through automated revenue splits.

Here's the new deal:

• Content creators get paid three ways after decades of free scraping nightmares

• Perplexity's model sends cash for clicks, citations, and AI agent visits without complex contracts blocking payments

• Publishers ditched lawsuits for revenue shares getting real money instead

• Automatic tracking during searches means instant payments while keeping content ownership intact

Media companies jumped on the revenue opportunity seeing actual checks arrive.

"AI gives users power to skip clickbait trash so we're paying quality publishers who make the internet worth searching," Jesse Dwyer from Perplexity explained, nailing why this matters.

This shifts everything from lawyers fighting to publishers earning - moving past theft accusations into profit sharing reality.

Perplexity's play reveals how search engines survive the AI transition - pay creators or face extinction.

Still, challenges loom with tracking accuracy and fair payment distribution that everyone's watching closely.

Publishers now control their AI destiny getting checks instead of cease-and-desist letters from legal teams.

Will paying for content become the new AI standard?

Media companies embracing revenue models might finally profit from AI rather than fighting losing battles in court.

Over to You...

How much should publishers earn from AI using their content?

Drop me a line.

To fair AI partnerships,

Jeff J. Hunter & Valentin Molina
Founders, AI Persona Method | World's Largest AI Community (3.4M)