AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoOpenAI Copyright Fight: US news outlets asked a judge to sanction OpenAI, alleging it hid or destroyed material tied to how ChatGPT was trained on copyrighted news, as the dispute tops $28M in legal costs. Publishing & Culture: The University of Tennessee Press released Haunted by Memory: Ghost Stories of the American Civil War, an annotated anthology linking Civil War folklore to cultural memory. Literary Awards: Karen Bartlett’s The Escape from Kabul won the 2026 Orwell Prize for Political Writing, spotlighting Afghan women judges’ escape after the Taliban takeover. Books & Community Events: Fort Bend County Libraries announced July Virtual Author Talks with Karin Slaughter, Reyna Grande, and Dr. Marisa Franco. Travel Writing Prize: Dorset’s Sherborne Prize for Travel Writing opened submissions for 2026, offering £10,000 for a new English-language nonfiction travel book. Tech & Reading Access: Japan’s “digital divide” is leaving some residents unable to use smartphone-only services, prompting calls to preserve analog options.
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