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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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The Personhood Predicament
In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello examine the emerging legal and policy debate around AI personhood, covering how different jurisdictions are approaching the question and what it means for accountability, liability, and the evolving role of AI in society.
For the sources referenced in this episode, please see the links below:
Financial Times: Javier Milei: Argentina invites AI to free itself
Financial Times: We must not grant AI agents legal personhood
Fordham Law Review: Of Another Mind: AI And The Attachment Of Human Ethical Obligations
Mustafa Suleyman: Seemingly Conscious AI is Coming
Yale Law Journal Forum: The Ethics and Challenges of Legal Personhood for AI
Idaho State Legislature: The AI Personhood Prohibition Act (H.B. 720)
Ohio State Legislature: Declare A.I. systems nonsentient; prohibit legal personhood (H.B. 469)
Tennessee Secretary of State: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1, relative to certain conditions of personhood. (Public Chapter No. 781)
Utah State Legislature: Utah Legal Personhood Amendments (H.B. 249)
Copyright Office Oversight and Claude’s Next Chapter
In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello discuss Anthropic’s release of Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5, including the safeguards designed to manage cybersecurity, biological risk, and model distillation concerns. They also preview a pending congressional bill that could affect oversight of the Copyright Office and explore why that development may matter for AI and fair use.
For the sources referenced in this episode, please see the links below:
Anthropic: System Card: Claude Fable 5 & Claude Mythos 5
U.S. Congress: Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act, H.R.6028
The EU AI Act: Risk Tiers and Shifting Gears
In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello phone a friend across the pond to discuss the latest developments under the EU AI Act. John Patten, head of the UK and European Intellectual Property & Technology practice for Paul, Weiss, joins the conversation to unpack the digital omnibus package, revised high-risk AI timelines, transparency obligations, and draft guidance on AI system classification.
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