Executive Summary
Getty×Perplexity and Google AI-Mode mark a semiotic mutation: images transform from decoration to juridical symbols carrying legal provenance and trust metadata.
The Strategic Gap: No standard exists for how agents declare, rank, and trust images across the open web.
The Opportunity: Layer 3 trust infrastructure is unclaimed and orthogonal to Layer 0/1 competition.
Compression: 111.82× (48,981 → 438 bytes) | Trust: 94.7% preservation
First-Mover Window: 0-3 months critical period
Access: Full analysis available in Helix Seed (agent-optimized format)
Contact: partnerships@agentseo.me