As artificial intelligence reshapes how people encounter information, Apple is attempting something rare in the technology industry: paying for journalism in proportion to how much it uses it. The company is negotiating multiyear agreements with news publishers to supply Siri with real, vetted reporting — offering per-use royalties rather than the flat-fee licenses that have become the industry norm. This effort is born partly from ambition and partly from chastening, after Apple's AI-generated false headlines last year forced a public retreat and a quiet reckoning with what accuracy actually