By design, yes. AI companies are taking "move fast and break stuff" to its logical extreme.
Eventually, it will catch up. Whether the punishment offsets the abuse is yet to be seen (I'm not holding my breath).
>Internet data is public and the government is incapable of changing this.
Incapable or unwilling (paid for by those who want to grab more data)?
They will not be punished, e.g. uber and Airbnb were never really punished despite blatantly ignoring the law.
I would claim incapable but it doesn't really matter, outcome is the same.
GDPR won't protect you nor will data privacy laws. Most of the world simply doesn't care enough. I wish it were different.