NeuroRights News

10/07/2023

The data watchdog examined a range of potential future uses of “neurotech” in a new report.

10/07/2023

Prof Nita Farahany argues in her new book, The Battle for Your Brain, that intrusions into the mind are so close that lawmakers should enact protections

10/07/2023

NORFOLK, VA – Warfare has changed dramatically with advanced technologies, whole-of-society involvement, and increased global interconnectivity. More people are unable to differentiate between legitimate and manipulated information. Improving the Alliance-wide understanding of Cognitive Warfare is...

17/06/2022

Our current ethical guidelines are hopelessly inadequate for a new era of unimaginable technological change…

17/06/2022

Towards the end of 2021, Chile became the first nation in the world to have a constitution in force that explicitly addresses the challenges of emerging neurotechnologies. Whilst this legislative response to technologies that draw on knowledge pertaining to neuroscience and artificial intelligence r...

19/02/2022

A new ethical framework proposes researchers should already assume brain organoids already have consciousness, rather than waiting for research to confirm they do.

07/02/2022

A grisly trend has emerged: users who create AI partners, act abusive toward them, and post the toxic interactions online.

07/02/2022

"A big question that remains unanswered is whether s*xtech will ultimately become a complement to our s*x lives or a substitute."

04/02/2022

Smart devices and sensors can now gauge mood and attention, effectively engaging in mind-reading. This intimate data collection raises questions about who has access and control of it.

26/01/2022

"I don't think there is sufficient public discourse on what the big picture implications of this kind of technology becoming available are."

Researchers and scientists recently expressed their horror at Musk's goal to connect human brains to computer chips just as Neuralink enters human trials.

26/01/2022

The government of Chile is taking a stand: Its citizens must be protected from technologies that are capable of mind control, mind reading, or any other nefarious interference with their brains. While such concerns used to be relegated to conspiracy-theory chat rooms and science fiction, now they’

21/01/2022

A&M researchers evaluate benefits of wearable, noninvasive neurotechnology

27/09/2021

The implant simply reroutes neural signals around spinal cord injuries.

17/09/2021

"If I want to keep working at my job as a professor, I have to take this vaccine," Dr. Julie Ponesse said.

16/09/2021

A milestone for NeuroRights! the Secretary-General of UN highlights Neurotechnology as a Human Rights priority in his Common Agenda:
https://www.un.org/en/content/common-agenda-report/assets/pdf/Common_Agenda_Report_English.pdf

13/09/2021

La aplicación de técnicas de mejora cognitiva plantea un problema ético pero también un amplio abanico de posibilidades para enfermedades neurodegenerativas

05/09/2021

Exciting news! The Inter-American Juridical Committee at the Organization of American States (OAS) has approved a neurorights declaration on Neuroscience, Neurotechnologies, and Human Rights: New Legal Challenges for the Americas.
The full declaration pdf file is now available in our bio link!

05/09/2021

Researchers working for AI solutions company, Kneron, managed to fool Amsterdam's Schipol Airport facial recognition by wearing printed masks.

05/09/2021

The potential failure of the U.S. military to protect information that can identify Afghan citizens raises questions about whether and how biometric data should be collected in war zones.

03/09/2021

A study of patient experience has shown that the use of next-generation brain implants for treating refractory epilepsy does not induce changes to patients’ personalities or self-perceptions.