Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI

AI and Financial Institutions: Emerging Trends in Regulation and Compliance

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 institutions are utilizing AI in their compliance programs. This is both the first episode of the new year and the first in the podcast’s history to feature guests—kicking off 2026 with fresh perspectives on AI for financial institutions and key regulatory trends that banks should keep in mind.
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GPT-5.2: OpenAI Strikes Back

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 company’s safety framework.
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Synthetic Identity: Navigating the New Deepfake Frontier

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.
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Synthetic Identity, Part 2: Deepfake Detection

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

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 demystify preemption and the Dormant Commerce Clause.  Amid lighthearted debates over proper pronunciation—and what may or may not have been covered in their 1L Constitutional Law courses—our hosts let listeners know what to watch for as courts, agencies, and Congress gear up for potential challenges to state AI laws.
 
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Gemini 3: Google’s Big Jump

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.
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Pixels, Preemption, and Cheese Pie: How AI Is Breathing New Life Into the Video Privacy Protection Act

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

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.
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Autonomous Vehicles Unpacked: An Overview of the Technology, Safety, and the Road to Regulation

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.
 
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Agentic Autonomy, Alignment, Acceleration: Anthropic’s Claude & Haiku 4.5

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.
 
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