AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoPublishing & AI Rights: A new wave of scrutiny is hitting AI firms over how they use books, with calls for probes into “buying and destroying books” to train models and renewed debate over whether training on copyrighted titles is legal. Industry & Policy: The U.S. FDA’s PDUFA VIII commitment letter lays out performance goals for the next drug review cycle (2028–2032), a reminder that publishing-adjacent science reporting still depends on regulatory timelines. Books & Culture: Edinburgh is planning a replacement for the Edinburgh TV Festival, aiming to blend screen with the city’s broader creative ecosystem, including book-linked programming. Local Book Life: Renfrew County’s Starter Company Plus training wrapped for 2026, while community calendars and library book sales keep pushing reading and events at the grassroots level. Media/Books Crossover: Ridley Scott says he hadn’t read Peter Heller’s The Dog Stars before adapting it—another reminder of how novels keep feeding screen projects.
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