Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI
Katherine Forrest brings you “Waking Up With AI,” an innovative and award-winning Paul, Weiss 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.
Episodes

Thursday Jul 31, 2025
Thursday Jul 31, 2025
In this week’s episode of “Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest and Anna Gressel discuss the White House’s release of America’s AI Action Plan, exploring its focus on deregulation, infrastructure, workforce support and global leadership as the U.S. aims to “win the AI race.”
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Thursday Jul 24, 2025
Thursday Jul 24, 2025
This week on “Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest and Anna Gressel break down the latest developments in AI, from OpenAI’s new agent mode and the White House’s forthcoming AI strategy, to the G7’s commitment on quantum technologies.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

Thursday Jul 17, 2025
Thursday Jul 17, 2025
In this week’s episode of “Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest and Anna Gressel unpack the recent Bartz v. Anthropic copyright decision, examining how courts are evaluating fair use in AI training and what this case means for the future of copyright disputes in the AI space.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

Thursday Jul 10, 2025
Thursday Jul 10, 2025
This week on “Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest and Anna Gressel discuss the Senate’s removal of a proposed AI moratorium from the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” and examine new state-level AI legislation in Colorado, Texas, New York, California and others.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

Thursday Jul 03, 2025
Thursday Jul 03, 2025
In this week’s episode of “Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest and Anna Gressel break down New York’s RAISE Act, exploring its approach to regulating powerful frontier AI models, how it stacks up against California’s vetoed SB 1047 and what it means for the future of AI oversight in the U.S.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

Thursday Jun 26, 2025
Thursday Jun 26, 2025
This week on “Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest and Anna Gressel dive into Google’s latest paper on AI agent security, examining the unique risks posed by autonomous AI systems and the layered defenses needed to keep them safe.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
In this week’s episode, Katherine Forrest and Anna Gressel explore the latest advancements in AI agents and reasoning models, from Claude Opus 4’s agentic capabilities to Apple’s research on the limits of AI reasoning, and discuss the real-world implications of increasingly autonomous AI behavior.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
This week on “Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest introduces two recent studies that examine the concepts of evaluation faking and Group Think as they pertain to highly capable AI models, and what these studies might mean for future AI development.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Thursday Jun 05, 2025
In this week's episode, Katherine Forrest unpacks the rapidly widening gap between the U.S., the EU and other international AI regimes, and offers practical compliance pointers for companies deploying AI across borders.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

Thursday May 29, 2025
Thursday May 29, 2025
This week, hosts Katherine Forest and Anna Gressel tackle the evolving landscape of evidentiary issues raised by artificial intelligence in litigation. From the admissibility of AI-generated images and chatbot records to the qualifications of AI experts and the nuances of hearsay, they break down the complex, fact-intensive questions facing courts and practitioners today.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence