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.

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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