{"data":{"id":"052cf454-b85a-45b5-9726-f62bd205a51a","title":"Perplexity joins anti-ad camp as AI companies battle over trust and revenue ","summary":"Perplexity, an AI search startup, is removing ads from its service because company leaders worry that users won't trust AI assistants that try to sell them things. This decision highlights a bigger challenge for the AI industry: major companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are trying different approaches to make money, with some adding ads while others avoid them completely.","solution":"N/A -- no mitigation discussed in source.","labels":["industry"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/880562/perplexity-ditches-ai-ads","publishedAt":"2026-02-18T11:02:22.000Z","cveId":null,"cweIds":null,"cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"severity":"info","attackType":[],"issueType":"news","affectedPackages":null,"affectedVendors":["Perplexity"],"affectedVendorsRaw":["Perplexity","OpenAI","Anthropic"],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001","classifierPromptVersion":"v3","cvssVector":null,"attackVector":null,"attackComplexity":null,"privilegesRequired":null,"userInteraction":null,"exploitMaturity":null,"epssScore":null,"patchAvailable":null,"disclosureDate":null,"capecIds":null,"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"moderate","impactType":["safety"],"aiComponentTargeted":null,"llmSpecific":true,"classifierConfidence":0.85,"researchCategory":null,"atlasIds":null}}