AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoUN Map Vote: The UN General Assembly backed a move away from the Mercator projection toward Equal Earth, with African states arguing it better reflects continent size and counters “peripheral” perceptions. Publishing & Media Fight: Seattle Times and Newsday sued OpenAI and Microsoft, seeking orders that would force the destruction of AI training data and models using copyrighted reporting—an escalation in the news vs. AI training battle. Books for Readers: Autumn’s must-reads roundup highlights new fiction and literary releases, including Colm Tóibín’s novella The Bridge and Rebecca F. Kuang’s Taipei Story. Children’s Publishing: A new Duckbill picture book, BLUE, uses story and illustration to help children encounter caste without turning it into a lecture. AI in Warfare Education: China’s military university proposed redesigning an AI course around “educating for war,” embedding combat scenarios for future officers. Local Book Culture: Japan’s student newspapers keep publishing despite shrinking clubs and money pressures, with editors critiquing drafts and defending campus voices.
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