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

By Bobby Allyn

Published May 24, 2024 at 4:07 PM EDT

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.

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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