braincomputer interfacing
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UN Warns Unregulated Neurotechnology Threatens ‘Freedom of Thought’
The UN is advising against neurotechnology using unregulated AI chip implantations, saying it poses a grave risk to people’s mental privacy. Unregulated neurotechnology could pose harmful long-term risks, the UN says, such as shaping the way a young person thinks or accessing private thoughts and emotions. It specified its concerns centered around “unregulated neurotechnology,” and…
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink Pushes Back Against Monkey Torture Allegations
Neuralink has leaped into damage control to defend its treatment of test monkeys that animal rights groups claim were subjected to torture and horrific conditions.
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Using Just His Thoughts, Paralysed Man Texts at a Record-Breaking 16 Words a Minute
For the first time ever, neuroscientists have translated the cognitive signals associated with handwriting into text, and in real time. The new technique is more than twice as fast than the previous method, allowing a paralysed man to text at a rate of 90 characters per minute.
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Neuralink: We Got a Monkey to Play Pong Using Only Its Mind
Neuralink, the secretive neuroscience startup co-founded by Elon Musk, has been even more quiet than usual these days. That is, until this week when it released a YouTube video of a monkey appearing to play the classic video game Pong with its mind.