Maybe I'm too cynical but the same AI companies that have pretty much endless lobbying dollars, massive government contracts, have the ear of just about every powerful politician and bureaucrat in DC, are influencing the laws and regulations. Add judges that don't understand the technology to that and it doesn't seem likely that we will ever see any actual consequences, unless something catastrophic happens and those same politicians and bureaucrats need a scapegoat. If they ever do have "consequences" it will be some trivial fine.
One recent example of a scapegoat https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49806430 people are still to blame, "the dog ate my homework" is a fine enough excuse for a second chance to learn, it's nowhere near enough of an excuse for death and destruction.
