Brain implants could allow companies and politicians to access thoughts and mood, Royal Society warns

Brain reading implants could allow companies, politicians or marketeers to access people’s thoughts and moods, the Royal Society has warned, as it called on the government to launch an urgent inquiry into the new technology to protect human rights. Several companies and labs are developing neural interface software, including Elon Musk who is planning human trials next year to insert electrodes into the brains of people with locked-in syndrome to help them communicate.

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