De Facto Regulation and Legislative Proposals for Agentic AI

De Facto Regulation and Legislative Proposals for Agentic AI

July 9, 2026 · 25 min · Episode 124

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This episode discusses the regulatory landscape and legislative proposals surrounding agentic AI, including the rollout of GPT 5.6 and related government actions.

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

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