We need to question if information is correct or, even, true.

Here is an example of how so-called generativeAI operates by "bias" and how that "bias" arises.

Companies should not be allowed to crow about their green credentials when their business practices result in unnecessary waste.

It used to be simple: if a person (originally presumed to always be a woman) received a benefit for the provision of sexual services, that was prostitution.

Then it became a lot more complicated.

The USA's National Transportation Safety Board has effectively declared formal disinterest in crashes involving autonomous vehicles. Nigel Morris-Cotterill looks at what constitutes autonomy and what happens when robots go rogue.

So what is a robot and is there an unreported and uninvestigated aspect of crashes involving Tesla cars? The evidence suggests that there is.

Let's call them, collectively, "rules" for simplicity.

There's a problem with plastics, so we make rules as to their end use and disposal. But we don't make rules as to their introduction into the chain of consumerism (I do not here use that as a pejorative) or to discourage demand. A government is planning "luxury" tax rates on avocados and salmon but does not think that any mobile phone costing more than USD100 should be taxed as a luxury. Or watches, handbags etc. above a certain threshold.

The USA has had another go at money laundering regulation for investment advisers. This time, unlike previous attempts, it's got as far as publishing a Final Rule with an in-force date of 1 January, 2026. It's a massive document with a large and wordy "Fact Sheet" to accompany it.

The recent case of The WORLD UYGHUR CONGRESS v The NATIONAL CRIME AGENCY was heard in The Court of Appeal in the Administrative Court. It's about as far away from the criminal courts as it's possible to get within the English legal system and is only one of many cases over the years where civil courts have made determinations on matters we would normally expect to be within the purview of the criminal courts, particularly in relation to proceeds of criminal conduct.

There is a long-standing question. Is breach of exchange control regulations in one country a predicate crime for money laundering purposes in the destination country even when that country does not have exchange control? There is still no clear answer but there now an indication of something potentially helpful.

oday, as they should WISE wanted to re-verify me. That makes me happy.

Their tech, part of which is supplied by Zoom, didn't work. That makes me unhappy.

And their system required me to start the process over and over and over and... you get the picture again and that just made me cross.

So I wrote to them.