AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoAI and Rights: South Korea’s publishers’ association is partnering with five technology firms to create a licensed, transparent pipeline for supplying books as AI training data, aiming to protect rights while giving developers reliable access. Publishing Investment: Israeli AI publishing company Spines has raised $64 million to expand its effort to automate book production. Booker Prize: M. John Harrison, 81, became the prize’s oldest winner with The End of Everything, an AI-tinged dystopian novel. Book Fair Support: Sharjah’s ruler allocated AED4.5 million to buy books for the Sharjah International Book Fair, supporting publishers and readers. Print Industry: Thomson Reuters sold most of its print business as it shifts investment toward AI.
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