It is rather rare for managers to be held personally responsible for disasters.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/13/fukushima-nuclear-disaster-ex-bosses-of-owner-tepco-ordered-to-pay-yen-13tn-tokyo-court

Fukushima nuclear disaster: ex-bosses of owner Tepco ordered to pay ¥13tn

Firm’s president at time of disaster among four defendants found liable for £80bn in damage by Tokyo court

Is there anything that uniquely identifies a Greek citizen in a picture? Granted the image could have been on a Greek website, but is everyone pictured a Greek? How do I find Greeks on sites based in other countries?

https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/13/clearview-greek-ban-order/

Selfie scraping Clearview AI hit with another €20M ban order in Europe

… The Athens-based Hellenic data protection authority has fined the controversial facial recognition firm €20 million and banned it from collecting and processing the personal data of people living in Greece. It has also ordered it to delete any data on Greek citizens that it has already collected.

Since late last year, national DPAs in the U.K., Italy and France have also issued similar decisions sanctioning Clearview — effectively freezing its ability to sell its services in their markets since any local customers would be putting themselves at risk of being fined.

… In its 23-page decision, the Hellenic DPA said Clearview had breached the legality and transparency principles of the GDPR, finding violations of articles 5 (1)a, 6 and 9; as well as breaches of obligations under articles 12, 14, 15 and 27.

Oh great, another definition the AI won’t understand.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2328245-robot-that-can-perceive-its-body-has-self-awareness-claim-researchers/

Robot that can perceive its body has self-awareness, claim researchers

The team claims to have given a robot self-awareness of its location in physical space, but others are sceptical

Keeping up.

https://www.insideprivacy.com/artificial-intelligence/u-s-ai-iot-cav-and-data-privacy-legislative-and-regulatory-update-second-quarter-2022/

U.S. AI, IoT, CAV, and Data Privacy Legislative and Regulatory Update – Second Quarter 2022

This quarterly update summarizes key federal legislative and regulatory developments in the second quarter of 2022 related to artificial intelligence (“AI”), the Internet of Things (“IoT”), connected and automated vehicles (“CAVs”), and data privacy, and highlights a few particularly notable developments in U.S. state legislatures. In the second quarter of 2022, Congress and the Administration focused on addressing algorithmic bias and other AI-related risks and introduced a bipartisan federal privacy bill.