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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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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.

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

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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