Edition No. 52 · Thu 13 Aug 2026 · Story 20 of 33

"Perplexity blocks Time's ads served to AI agents, calling them 'deceptive'"

Digiday

Time served markdown ads designed to shape chatbot answers, and Perplexity blocked them outright as deceptive.

AI

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