Neural implants: Why connecting your brain to a computer will create a huge headache for everyone

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Tesla’s Elon Musk launches startup to plug computers into the brain
Elon Musk’s new medical-research firm, Neuralink, is working on ways to help the human brain keep up with AI.

Technology that allows us to connect our minds to computers will have such huge implications that the government needs to look at the ethical risks involved, and ensure that developments are not dominated by big tech companies.

A report from the Royal Society – the UK’s national science academy – said the government should launch an investigation into neural interface technologies, including looking at regulations around their development and the ethics of using them.

 

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