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March 2025 — AI Governance Events

In March 2025, the Synthetic Outlaw Observatory documented 3 AI governance events — automated systems producing prohibited outcomes while formal accountability failed to attach.

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South Korea Court Rules AI Training Data Requires Consent

DEVELOPING · 2025-03-22 · Seoul, South Korea · Legal & Justice · signal 8/10

A Seoul district court ruled that scraping copyrighted content to train AI models without consent violates intellectual property law, creating a precedent affecting Korean AI developers.

Italy Investigates OpenAI Over ChatGPT Data Practices

DEVELOPING · 2025-03-15 · Rome, Italy · Legal & Justice · signal 8/10

Italy data protection authority opened a formal investigation into OpenAI over ChatGPT handling of personal data, threatening a ban.

Brazil Bans Facial Recognition in Public Transit

DEVELOPING · 2025-03-05 · Sao Paulo, Brazil · Legal & Justice · signal 8/10

Brazil National Data Protection Authority ordered a halt to facial recognition in Sao Paulo metro after rights groups documented racial bias.

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