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.
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

Mar 6, 2025
Mar 6, 2025
16 min
In this episode of “Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest and Anna Gressel examine the integration of end-to-end reasoning and agentic AI capabilities, with new developments from OpenAI, DeepMind and other leading AI labs. Katherine also shares her firsthand experience with OpenAI’s new deep research capability, which is transforming academic applications of AI.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence Practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/practices/litigation/artificial-intelligence

Feb 28, 2025
Feb 28, 2025
32 min
This week, Katherine Forrest and Anna Gressel examine recent shifts in AI regulation, including the withdrawal of former President Biden's 2023 executive order on AI and the emergence of state-level regulations. They also discuss what these changes mean for companies in terms of navigating governance and compliance.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence Practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/practices/litigation/artificial-intelligence

Feb 27, 2025
Feb 27, 2025
16 min
As robotic capabilities have progressed from toys and vacuum cleaners to highly advanced robotic humanoids, so too have the associated challenges and legal implications. This week on “Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest explores these developments, as well as her personal experiences with Tesla’s Optimus Pro robot.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence Practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/practices/litigation/artificial-intelligence

Feb 13, 2025
Feb 13, 2025
11 min
Join Anna Gressel as she builds on last week’s DeepSeek discussion to explore why open source AI is once again taking center stage globally, from its potential for collaborative innovation to the policy challenges it presents.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence Practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/practices/litigation/artificial-intelligence

Feb 6, 2025
Feb 6, 2025
24 min
In this episode of “Waking Up With AI,” Katherine Forrest delves into the groundbreaking advancements of AI newcomer DeepSeek's R1 and V3 models. She explores how this Chinese tech company is challenging the status quo and making waves in the AI space.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence Practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/practices/litigation/artificial-intelligence

Jan 30, 2025
Jan 30, 2025
7 min
In this week’s episode of “Waking Up With AI,” Anna Gressel considers audio deepfakes and the complex legal and regulatory questions that arise when a deepfake uses the likeness of the deceased.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence Practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/practices/litigation/artificial-intelligence

Jan 23, 2025
Jan 23, 2025
18 min
Following last week’s deep dive into semiconductor chips, Katherine and Anna revisit the concept of AI inference. They explore AI reasoning capabilities, why inference quality matters for lawyers and recent advancements that can improve how models infer.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence Practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/practices/litigation/artificial-intelligence

Jan 16, 2025
Jan 16, 2025
22 min
This week, Katherine Forrest delves into the critical role of semiconductor chips in AI and the complex export controls shaping their future. Discover why these tiny components are at the heart of global innovation and what it means for the AI landscape in the year ahead.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence Practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/practices/litigation/artificial-intelligence

Jan 9, 2025
Jan 9, 2025
17 min
Join Katherine Forrest and Anna Gressel as they explore the concept of on-device AI. They delve into the benefits and challenges of on-device AI, as well as related topics like on-premise AI and model optimization techniques like quantization and pruning.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence Practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/practices/litigation/artificial-intelligence

Jan 2, 2025
Jan 2, 2025
24 min
This week, Katherine Forrest and Anna Gressel review recent research on newly discovered model capabilities around the concepts of AI alignment and deception.
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Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence Practice:https://www.paulweiss.com/practices/litigation/artificial-intelligence









