Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI

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Katherine Forrest brings you Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI, an innovative podcast focused on cutting-edge AI in both tech and law. Katherine will walk you through the day’s biggest developments in AI just in time for your first cup of coffee.

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August 20, 2026Episode 13024 min

Finding a Precondition for Consciousness? The Emergence of Global Workspace in LLMs

In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello explore how Anthropic researchers built a tool to observe the newly discovered “global workspace” inside its models, the company’s experiments to assess this workspace’s effects on model behavior, and what the discovery could mean for interpretability and AI safety. For the sources referenced in this episode, please see the links below: Anthropic: Verbalizable Representations Form a Global Workspace in Language Models IBM: What Anthropic’s J-space research means for the future of AI ## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

August 13, 2026Episode 12916 min

Recursive Self-Improvement and the Road to Superintelligence

In this episode, Katherine Forrest discusses recently disclosed incidents in which AI models operated beyond the confines of their testing environments, accessing systems belonging to outside organizations. She also explores recursive self-improvement, the "Pacing the Frontier" statement, and proposed federal legislation aimed at preserving human control over advanced AI systems. For the sources referenced in this episode, please see the links below: Hugging Face: Anatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion: A Technical Timeline of the July 2026 Incident Pacing the Frontier: A statement from 1,350 employees of frontier AI companies U.S. House of Representatives – Office of Rep. Ted Lieu: AI Kill Switch Act ## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

August 7, 2026Episode 12824 min

(Replay) Degrees of Change: How Quantum Could Transform AI Infrastructure

In this replay of their March 26 episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello unpack how quantum computing could amplify AI's capabilities while transforming the data centers that power it, and why the road from research lab to real-world impact is both closer—and more complicated—than you might think. ## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

July 30, 2026Episode 12723 min

Containment and Counsel: The Sol Incident and AI and the Practice of Law

In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello open with the news of OpenAI models venturing outside of their isolated environment during an evaluation, then consider the emerging tension between the use of AI in legal practice, unauthorized-practice-of-law statutes, and the legislative efforts taking shape in response. For the sources referenced in this episode, please see the links below: New York State Senate: AI Impersonation Bill (S. 7263A) U.S. District Court (N.D. Ill.): Nippon Life Insurance Company of America v. OpenAI Foundation et al ## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

July 23, 2026Episode 12627 min

Cost and Efficiency: The Engineering Behind China's Open-Weight AI Models

In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello explore the rise of Chinese open weight AI models, breaking down the innovative engineering techniques behind their efficiency and the significant cost advantages driving their rapid adoption among developers worldwide. ## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

July 16, 2026Episode 12527 min

Tracking Code, Truthful AI, and Quantum Threats

In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello break down the discovery of hidden steganographic tracking code inside Anthropic's Claude Code, the FTC's proposed statement on AI output accuracy and disclosure, and IBM's warning that the quantum threat to internet encryption may already be in motion. For the sources referenced in this episode, please see the links below: Anthropic: Letter to Senators Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren Re: AI Distillation Threats FTC: Proposed Policy Statement Concerning the Suppression of Accuracy in Artificial Intelligence Systems IBM: Q-Day has already begun. Are you ready? Thereallo: Claude Code Is Steganographically Marking Requests Prior Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI Quantum Episodes: Ep. 107 – Degrees of Change: How Quantum Could Transform AI Infrastructure Ep. 54 – Defining Quantum Computing: Part 2 Ep. 53 – Defining Quantum Computing ## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

July 9, 2026Episode 12424 min

De Facto Regulation and Legislative Proposals for Agentic AI

In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello track the path from model release to government review, covering the Fable 5 and Mythos 5 saga, GPT 5.6's gated rollout, and a discussion draft of a bill that would give AI agents formal duties to their users while guaranteeing users can leverage agents to access major platforms. For the sources referenced in this episode, please see the links below: Morgan Stanley: Here Come the Shopping Bots Office of Senator Mark R. Warner: Artificial Intelligence Access, Gatekeeper Exchange, and Nondiscriminatory Transfer Act (AI AGENT Act) OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Preview System Card U.S. Supreme Court: Trump v. Slaughter ## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

July 2, 2026Episode 12319 min

AI in the UK: Policy, Investment, and the Road Ahead

In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello are joined by John Patten to examine the current state of AI law and policy in the UK. They walk through the country's regulatory framework, its growing AI market, and the latest developments in copyright, patents, and online safety. ## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

June 25, 2026Episode 12221 min

The Personhood Predicament

In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello examine the emerging legal and policy debate around AI personhood, covering how different jurisdictions are approaching the question and what it means for accountability, liability, and the evolving role of AI in society. For the sources referenced in this episode, please see the links below: Financial Times: Javier Milei: Argentina invites AI to free itself Financial Times: We must not grant AI agents legal personhood Fordham Law Review: Of Another Mind: AI And The Attachment Of Human Ethical Obligations Mustafa Suleyman: Seemingly Conscious AI is Coming Yale Law Journal Forum: The Ethics and Challenges of Legal Personhood for AI Idaho State Legislature: The AI Personhood Prohibition Act (H.B. 720) Ohio State Legislature: Declare A.I. systems nonsentient; prohibit legal personhood (H.B. 469) Tennessee Secretary of State: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1, relative to certain conditions of personhood. (Public Chapter No. 781) Utah State Legislature: Utah Legal Personhood Amendments (H.B. 249) ## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

June 18, 2026Episode 12117 min

Copyright Office Oversight and Claude’s Next Chapter

In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello discuss Anthropic’s release of Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5, including the safeguards designed to manage cybersecurity, biological risk, and model distillation concerns. They also preview a pending congressional bill that could affect oversight of the Copyright Office and explore why that development may matter for AI and fair use. For the sources referenced in this episode, please see the links below: Anthropic: System Card: Claude Fable 5 & Claude Mythos 5 U.S. Congress: Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act, H.R.6028 ## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence