⚖️ NYT vs Perplexity

What we’ll cover today:

⚖️ NYT goes after Perplexity

🐾 Replit launches privacy scanning

💸 Anthropic warns the risk-takers

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🎥 A 13-minute GPT-5 agent tutorial

Replit Launches Privacy Scanning with HoundDog.ai

1. Replit, the AI app generation platform used by more than 45M creators, has integrated the HoundDog.ai privacy code scanner to proactively check for potential privacy leaks.

2. “We’re bringing state of the art data flow analysis across both code and AI to warn you when leaking PII or sensitive data. Build GDPR, HIPAA, and other compliant apps while protecting your users” said Amjad Masad, Replit's founder, in his tweet announcing the integration.

3. You can try the privacy scanner directly in Replit or download it for free to generate a local markdown report that includes a sensitive data map, data flow visualizations, and detailed data flow traces for detected privacy leaks.

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NYT Sues Perplexity Again ⚖️

1. The NYT says Perplexity is using its articles to answer queries without permission.

2. Publishers are using lawsuits to force AI companies into paid licensing deals.

3. Perplexity’s revenue-sharing programs are not enough for big media brands.

4. The case could set rules that make all RAG startups pay for high quality content.

Anthropic Warns of Risky AI Spending 💸

1. Dario says AI will be huge, but companies can still collapse if they time the payoff wrong.

2. He believes some rivals are taking on too much infrastructure risk.

3. Falling GPU value could hurt companies that overinvest in data centers.

4. Anthropic is framing itself as the careful operator in a very aggressive market.

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