AI & Finance Governance: A new pre-order book, Know Your Agent, argues AI agents are becoming the “unmanaged relationship” in financial services, citing a case where an employee routed daily work through an unauthorized public AI tool and warning that KYC/KYB/AML and model-risk frameworks weren’t built for this. Publishing & Culture: Anna Kendrick is set to direct the film adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s LGBTQ hit The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, a BookTok-fueled bestseller with over a million copies sold. Book World Watch: A Malayalam plagiarism dispute flared over plot similarities between K. R. Meera’s Kalachi and Haritha Savithri’s Zin, with Meera responding on social media. Education & Content Standards: University of Nebraska at Kearney will drop a human sexuality textbook after complaints it included “graphic images,” and will add clearer course-content notice. Local Books & Livelihoods: Kolkata’s College Street booksellers fear eviction tied to rumors of a crackdown, even as authorities deny formal orders. Travel/Reading Lifestyle: Bali tightens rules for influencers and digital nomads on tourist visas, treating many sponsored-content activities as illegal work.