Unesco has adopted a set of global standards on the ethics of neurotechnology, a field that has been described as “a bit of a wild west”. Press release ethics of neurotechnology Unesco has adopted global ethical standards for neurotechnology, addressing what experts describe as a “wild west” sector driven by ai and the rise of consumer devices The un body’s move is the latest in an international effort to regulate technology that uses data from the brain and nervous system, as investment in the field accelerates. Unesco establishes global ethical standards for neurotechnology, aiming to protect mental privacy and human autonomy The unesco standards define a new category of data, ‘neural data’, and suggest guidelines governing its protection
Unesco has adopted a set of global standards on the ethics of. Unesco has developed a set of international standards aimed at the ethical use of neurotechnology, a discipline often likened to “a bit of the wild west.” “we cannot control it,” stated daphna feinholz, unesco’s chief bioethics officer.
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