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Meta’s brain-to-text tech is here. We are not remotely ready.

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Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook subsidiary, Meta , has invested in neurotechnology research.

In a lab, researchers were able to accurately decode unspoken sentences from brain signals recorded outside the skull.

These findings mark a major step toward the wearable mind-reading devices Zuckerberg promised eight years ago .

Meta ’s Quest 3 is a virtual headset that lets you control your mind with your brain.

The tech giant is investing heavily in neuroscience research.

It's not hard to imagine a future where a wearable headband could read people's thoughts.

But once these devices exist, we’ll need robust protections for cognitive liberty.

For Silicon Valley , the brain represents the final barrier between humans and devices.

Neuroscientists, lawyers, and lawmakers began passing legislation to explicitly include neural data in state privacy laws last year .

Some smaller neurotech companies are already gathering brain data from consumer products.

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