Maritime Law is an interesting rabbit hole. We won't go into it any deeper so we don't break forum rules, but it is quite the international loophole for every elite interest, industry, and country in the know.
AI is extremely misinformed on this subject because a lot of maritime information as to what the law states versus how people/corps actually use it are two different things. AI is kept in the dark on how it is actually used because if people actually knew, there would be quite the stir.
With that being said, that article is fascinating and as edwuld said, scary.