AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoAI Safety & Culture: An Anthropic researcher quit, warning the AI race is “gambling with our lives” and that many builders believe superintelligence could kill humanity—an anxiety that’s now spilling into public debate. Poetry & Publishing Honors: The Poetry Foundation named former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky a $100,000 lifetime achievement winner, while Nikki Grimes became the next Young People’s Poet Laureate. 9/11 in Schools & Arts: NYC is funding free 9/11 museum field trips for students, and an ASU poet wrote a libretto for a New York Philharmonic concert marking the 25th anniversary. Books to Screen: Netflix ordered a new “Lonesome Dove” series from Larry McMurtry’s novel, and Keanu Reeves is set to star in “Kill Current,” adapted from Oliver Lowe’s thriller. Science & Reading Adjacent: A study links splenic imaging features to coronary artery disease risk, adding another reason to watch how health research is communicated. Local Literary Life: Festivals and festivals-in-the-making keep rolling—like the FrancoFilm Festival and the Lake Erie Literary Festival’s venue change.
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