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Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI

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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18:12

Small Language Models: The Case for Less

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2026/01/29

In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello explore small language models (“SLM”) and their potential implications for task specialization, speed, and confidentiality. Our hosts also share some recent research covering expectations surrounding SLM adoption and growth.## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

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22:41

Confessions of a Large Language Model

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2026/01/22

In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello unpack OpenAI researchers’ proposed “confessions” framework designed to monitor for and detect dishonest outputs. They break down the researchers’ proof of concept results and the framework’s resilience to reward hacking, along with its limits in connection with hallucinations. Then they turn to Google DeepMind’s “Distributional AGI Safety,” exploring a hypothetical path to AGI via a patchwork of agents and routing infrastructure, as well as the

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15:08

Deals, Data Centers and Disney

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2026/01/15

In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello kick off 2026 with predictions on humanoid robots, agentic AI and the legal flashpoints to watch. They break down the AI infrastructure boom and unpack the line between acqui-hire and acquisition. Our hosts also spotlight OpenAI’s Disney licensing for Sora and the rights issues behind AI-generated “behind-the-scenes” clips, foreshadowing a deeper conversation to come.## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence

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23:39

AI and Financial Institutions: Emerging Trends in...

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2026/01/08

In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello unpack how regulators are thinking about AI in the financial sector. Joined by Paul, Weiss colleagues Roberto Gonzalez and Sam Kleiner of the firm’s Economic Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) practice group, they explore the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s initiatives on AI, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s model risk management guidance, FinCEN’s position on AI tools for AML compliance, and how financial

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20:51

GPT-5.2: OpenAI Strikes Back

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2026/01/02

In their first episode of the New Year, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello unpack OpenAI’s release of GPT-5.2, covering its performance on benchmarks like Humanity’s Last Exam and on OpenAI’s own GDPval—an evaluation designed to test the model's ability to match or surpass professionals' performance on real world tasks. Our hosts also examine the model’s sharp drop in hallucinations and break down OpenAI’s discussion of the model’s resistance to prompt injections and how it stacks up under the

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20:32

Synthetic Identity, Part 2: Deepfake Detection

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2025/12/23

In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello return to their discussion of interactive deepfakes, highlighting state-of-the-art detection tools and techniques. From research frameworks such as the “GOTCHA” challenge and “active probing” via corneal reflections to commercial tools that can be integrated into popular video conferencing apps, they debrief the evolving tech landscape for spotting deepfakes. ## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence

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24:43

The White House’s Newest Executive Order on AI:...

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2025/12/18

In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello unpack the White House’s December 11 Executive Order on AI regulation—and how it might impact today’s patchwork of state-level rules. They cover three major levers in the Executive Order: a new DOJ Litigation Task Force to challenge state laws; eligibility for broadband funding tied to a state’s AI regulatory landscape; and potential preemption through new FCC disclosure standards and under the FTC’s Section 5 authority. Along the way, they

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25:42

Synthetic Identity: Navigating the New Deepfake Frontier

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2025/12/11

In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello examine how deepfakes have evolved from static clips to adaptive, real-time impersonation driven by identity engines and behavioral replication. They explain why sensor-consistent forensics are being spoofed, the implications of the zero-trust evidence era for courts and companies, and how regulators and insurers are responding—plus concrete steps on provenance controls and incident response.## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial

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22:30

Gemini 3: Google’s Big Jump

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2025/12/04

In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello unpack Google’s Gemini 3.0—its leading reported score on key benchmarks like Humanity’s Last Exam, how its sparse mixture-of-experts architecture works, and the model’s rapid integration into Google products and platforms. Plus, a discussion of Google’s new image generation model, Nano Banana Pro.## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

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19:39

Pixels, Preemption, and Cheese Pie: How AI Is...

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2025/11/28

In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello explore the White House’s push to override state AI laws and unpack a wave of lawsuits claiming modern AI-powered tracking tools violate the decades-old Video Privacy Protection Act—all while sharing travel tales (and cheese-pie cravings) from Serbia.## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

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21:34

AI Authorship on Trial: Thaler’s SCOTUS Bid and...

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2025/11/20

Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello unpack the litigation in Thaler v. Perlmutter over whether purely AI-generated works can be copyrighted and analyze the Getty v. Stability ruling in the UK on AI model training and copyright infringement.## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

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18:13

Autonomous Vehicles Unpacked: An Overview of the...

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2025/11/13

A conversation that examines how autonomous vehicles operate across different levels of automation, including different approaches to the technology, as well as a discussion of safety implications and the evolving regulatory landscape.## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

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15:23

Agentic Autonomy, Alignment, Acceleration:...

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2025/11/06

A deep dive into Anthropic’s latest AI releases—Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Haiku 4.5—covering extended agentic autonomy, memory innovations, sharper situational awareness and improved alignment and safety metrics.## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

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17:31

Advancements in AI Video Generation

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2025/10/30

This week on “Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello discuss OpenAI’s Sora 2 model and the rapid evolution of AI-generated video and audio—what it enables, why it matters and the legal and ethical questions it raises.## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

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22:36

Algorithmic Collusion: California’s AI and Antitrust...

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2025/10/23

In this week’s episode of “Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest, Scott Caravello and Matthew Robinson unpack an enacted bill out of California that amends the state’s existing antitrust laws to address algorithmic price fixing in the age of AI.## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

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16:24

Legislative Developments: Spotlight on California’s...

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2025/10/16

This week on “Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello dissect major AI legislative developments related to California’s SB 53, as well as New York’s RAISE Act and a newly introduced federal AI bill.## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

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22:36

The Embodied AI Trifecta

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2025/10/09

On this week’s episode of “Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest examines how AI generalization, world models and physical embodiment converge, highlighting 2025 advances in humanoid robotics and what they mean for AGI, common sense and real-world autonomy.## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

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13:46

When Superintelligence Requires a New Social Contract

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2025/10/02

This week on “Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest discusses the concept of social contracts and how they might evolve as AI advances toward superintelligence.## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

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15:58

Understanding Grokking

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2025/09/25

On this week’s episode of “Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest explores “grokking,” an emergent learning phenomenon where AI models continue to learn and begin to generalize well after training appears complete.## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

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18:13

AI and “Workflows"

Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI ·

2025/09/18

This week on “Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest breaks down the concept of AI workflows, explaining what they are, how they function in both everyday and business contexts and why understanding them is essential for organizations and compliance professionals.## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

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