AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoAI Privacy & Regulation: The Council of Europe is moving toward formal guidance on how Convention 108+ applies to AI chatbots, agent access to corporate data, and training data use—55 nations are in scope, with a Paris consultative meeting set for Sept. 16–17. Tax Administration Under Fire: A former UK adviser warns Spain’s tax system is driving uncertainty and says AI use at the Tax Agency makes challenges harder, raising questions about what taxpayers can know. BookTok Breakout: Dostoevsky’s “White Nights” is surging in Spain and the UK after a TikTok-led wave, with Brazil’s Editora 34 reporting a 463% sales jump year-on-year. Publishing Loss: Pedro Rodríguez García, founder and first editor of the Opus Dei-linked magazine Word (origin of Omnes), has died at 93. Heritage & Manuscripts: DNA research using medieval manuscript parchment traces sheeppox virus across medieval Europe, showing libraries may preserve pathogen histories too. Indie Film Buzz (Spain tie-in): Olivia Wilde’s “The Invite” keeps climbing globally, with Spain noted as an origin territory for its release.
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