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Will AI search engines lead to the death of the website? Some fear they will

By Bobby Allyn
Published May 24, 2024 at 3:07 PM CDT

Online publishers fear the rise of AI search will lead to a drastic drop in traffic to websites, fundamentally disrupting how the internet economy operates.

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Bobby Allyn
Bobby Allyn is a business reporter at NPR based in San Francisco. He covers technology and how Silicon Valley's largest companies are transforming how we live and reshaping society.
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