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Mind-reading machines are coming — how can we keep them in check?

Devices that can record and change brain activity will create privacy issues that challenge existing human-rights legislation, say researchers.
  1. Liam Drew
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Scientific advances are rapidly making science-fiction concepts such as mind-reading a reality — and raising thorny questions for ethicists, who are considering how to regulate brain-reading techniques to protect human rights such as privacy.

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Nature 620, 18-19 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02405-y

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