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Brain implants that read minds: a medical miracle raises new ethical questions
▪️For the first time, researchers have succeeded in translating silent thoughts in real time using a brain implant coupled with artificial intelligence. This technology promises to offer a new form of communication to paralysed people. But it also raises consent and privacy concerns.
The capacity to read minds via direct neural interfaces, called brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent years. A recent Stanford University study has made it possible to directly decode inner speech, or what a person thinks they are saying, without gestures or sound.
BCIs work by connecting a person's nervous system to implanted electrodes capable of interpreting brain activity, allowing them to perform actions – such as using a computer or moving a prosthetic hand – using only their thoughts. The technology could offer people with disabilities a renewed sense of autonomy.
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