Paul, Weiss Waking Up With AI

Bill Gates on the “Turbulent AI Era”: Sounding the Alarm and Preparing for Society’s Transition

September 3, 2026·26 min
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In this episode, Katherine Forrest and Scott Caravello explore Bill Gates's new essay on the AI transformation, discussing his concerns about the technology’s impact on jobs, on safety and security, and on society more broadly, as well as his proposed policy responses. For the sources referenced in this episode, please see the links below: Gates Notes: The turbulent AI era is here. The choices we make now are critical. MIT Technology Review: Bill Gates says we’ve passed AI’s danger thresholds. Now what? OpenAI: A call for collective action on cyber defense OpenAI: Hugging Face Incident Technical Report OpenAI: Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age: Ideas to Keep People First ## Learn More About Paul, Weiss’s Artificial Intelligence practice: https://www.paulweiss.com/industries/artificial-intelligence

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