As the Financial Times reports, the company is considering putting premium AI search services behind a subscription paywall.
Search for Profit
Amid a greater industry struggle to successfully monetize AI tech — thus turning billions of dollars of investment into profit — Google is reportedly looking to start charging users to use its AI-powered search results.
As the Financial Times reports, the company is considering putting premium AI search services behind a subscription paywall — potentially the first time Google has ever charged for any of its core products.
For over two decades, Google has supported its search engine products with ad revenue. But AI is expensive to train and operate, forcing tech leaders to reconsider how to generate profits admit all the hype surrounding the tech.
It’s a pressing matter for Google, which has already lagged behind the competition, including OpenAI and Microsoft, when it comes to the implementation of AI chatbots.
