Wiley and Perplexity Announce New AI Search Partnership
Partnership creates new pathways for educational institutions to interact with trusted scholarly resources through AI search
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With the agreement, Wiley becomes Perplexity's first education partner, creating new pathways for educational institutions to interact with trusted scholarly resources through AI search.
This new collaboration will allow Perplexity users, including college students, educators and researchers at institutions that subscribe to Perplexity’s Enterprise Pro to access purchased Wiley educational collections and resources in areas such as nursing, business, and engineering. This includes streamlined access to specialized Wiley collections, giving users a new pathway to discover and interact with authoritative resources across many academic domains. Students will also gain tools for responsible AI usage, reinforcing Wiley’s commitment to supporting academic integrity.
The collaboration will bring editorial integrity to search tools that students, educators, and researchers are already using, addressing growing concerns about AI-generated misinformation by incorporating verified, expert-reviewed content with proper attribution and citation. Perplexity provides live web access and Wiley collections content with sourced citations, ensuring users receive up-to-date information with proper attribution. Students, educators, and researchers can get answers sourced across Wiley and web sources, combining the authoritative nature of Wiley with the most recent developments from the web.
Among the pilot users of this new offering are
“We are excited to partner with Perplexity to equip our students and educators with cutting-edge AI tools,” said
Perplexity also has capabilities to answer questions in multiple languages while citing English-language sources, making it valuable for institutions across the
“Wiley saw the potentially huge benefits of AI early on and chose to fully invest in it, and we’ve been working with our partners to help shape its future ever since,” said
"Perplexity and Wiley are embracing the way that Gen Z likes to learn, not only in their schooling but in their careers. Unlike other AI tools that create tension between students and educators, Perplexity is an AI solution that both school administrators and students can openly adopt and use together," said
The partnership will also benefit Wiley employees, who will all have access to Perplexity’s Enterprise Pro licenses to use as an enterprise tool in their work. This additional resource demonstrates the company’s commitment to embracing AI technologies across its organization, reinforcing Wiley's leadership position in advancing scientific discovery through technology.
Wiley is committed to the responsible use of AI and has officially established core principles—focusing on the importance of human oversight, transparency, fairness, and appropriate governance—upon which its journey is grounded.
About Perplexity
Perplexity is a conversational AI answering engine that collects answers from trusted sources in real-time and answers user questions with inline citations. Founded in 2022 by former members of
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