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EPISODE · Jun 25, 2026 · 21 MIN

The Personhood Predicament

from Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI · host Paul, Weiss

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)   ## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

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